This highly readable local history is aimed at those living and working in Bournemouth who wish to know more about the area's heritage.

Published to celebrate the renovation of Boscombe pier, this is the definitive socal history of Bournemouth from the nineteeenth century when it was little more than a remote and barren heathland, its subsequent popularity as a spa resort in the Edwardian period, and its present status as a leading destination for family holidays.