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Shops and Hobbies in Bournemouth, Dorset*

Bournemouth, Dorset Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• C&A, Argos, ??I hate shopin for clothes!
• Bongo Bongo is real cool
• Richmond Classics, if you have no personality and you think a designer label will make up for it. And an empty wallet.
• the consortium and just add water though consortium has turned a bit townie though
• Bongo Bongo is a great shop with a mixture of things, including clothes.
• Jabba-Wocky Clothing in the Burlington Arcade (just off Old Christchurch Road) has recently opened. They have loads of street wear, club wear and accessories, including loads of cool UV jewellery! They also sell quite a lot of fancy dress stuff like funky 70's wigs, UV hair gel and dye.
• just add water, quiksilver
• River Island!
• Motivation Menswear. Hire Tuxedos and other items for Proms, Balls etc. (10% Discount for Students/ Knowhere Guide Punters!) Telephone 01202 529777 or Email: motivateuk@aol.com
• Consortium in Dalkeith Arcade, which is in the town centre. Quite pricey, but good selection of clothes by the likes of Haze and Carrhartt.
• Rock City at the Triangle in Bournemouth, loads of band gear, great shop!!
• GOOD GOOD SURF SHOPS! Just Add Water, Crazey Water, Sand dune( quite crap actually) Hot Rocks and all those elce down Old Christchuch road i don't know the name of.
• The Consortium - a good range of skate and "street" stuff along with technical snowboard wear and wetsuits etc for wakeboarding
• Berlins - Charminster-Second hand clothes shop, but very funky!!
• M2 and Ashes on old x'church road for suave gents/ponces.
• Richmond Classics

Arts, crafts and such (Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.)

• I think Hobby craft around the Ferndown area is the best arts and craft centre for buying art and crafts related items. it is large and is so much fun to look around. great fun. You could spend hours in there!
• Boscombe, and Westbourne: Most stuff in Boscombe is shut down. Westbourne is arty farty central. Full of florists, antiques, galleries, music, buskers, and cute little cafes. Very Nice!
• Russell Cotes Museum. Well worth a poke around if not for the huge portrait of some bird full frontal!!! Hobbycraft, if anyone can get to it!!
• westover gallery on westover road for art supplies.
• Poole Pottery is the coolest
• Boscombe community festival:- who dares to,say that boscombe and bournemouth lack culture the boscombe community festival held every year (and getting bigger each time) is a smaller equivelent of the larmer tree with great live music fromceltic to reggea to house to metal etc. drum workshops, dj workshops , kids activities , arts and crafts and so so much more. next festival in september looks to be the biggest yet and if you like good music and great people then dont miss it. Ther is also a lot of smaller but equally good quality events coming up sooner parkstone are having a band bash on the green. (party on the green look it up sorry havent got dates with me will try and post later. Another band and community bash on the bickerly in ringwood boasting bands such as dubheart and pronghorn. ill try and post the website for these events soon.
• Like the open air gallery by the Pavillion.
• Oxidium for handmade jewellery...FAB!
• Nope. Have to head to Burley for that!
• Hobby Craft is pukka - everything u need under one huge roof
• i wouuld like some information on craft shops in the area
• Poole Pottery has some crafty type things inside
• The Little Green Place has cool pictures of Aliens and other cool, reasonably cheap present type stuff, definately for those into the wierd and wonderful.
• Russel Coates on Westcliff is all Bournemouth has. Worth a look as it's free and has the odd good exhibition. Poole has more of this stuff.

Magazine and Comic Shops

• Paradox in Poole
• Borders
• There is a comic shop where they seel Marvel comics with Spiderman and the X-men up near the KFC.
• Good Sci-Fi and Comic shop to be found on the Landsdowne roundabout opposite KFC.
• Wonderworld at the Lansdowne opposite KFC.

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