Food, family activities and days out, with links to the listings mentioned.
Highcliffe has a Grade I listed clifftop castle, a Blue Flag beach and three Chinese takeaways for a village of its size. Twenty businesses on and around Lymington Road, and what each of them is.
Read the guidePoole kept its old pubs — one from 1635, one brewing on the premises. Bournemouth kept its late licences. Twenty-one places to drink, and an honest word about which is which.
Read the guideThirteen beaches, ten parks and gardens and seven nature reserves, from the Blue Flag sand at Sandbanks to 344 hectares of heath at Canford. Which one to pick, and why they are not interchangeable.
Read the guideCharminster Road, the back streets off the Square and the length of Poole Quay. Fifty-two places to eat across the three towns, what each one actually does, and a link straight to the listing.
Read the guideOpening times change, especially out of season. Each listing shows where its details came from and when they were last checked, so you can see how much to trust them before you set off.