{"id":609,"date":"2014-10-20T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T10:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=609"},"modified":"2014-10-20T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T10:29:03","slug":"location-location-location-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2014\/10\/20\/location-location-location-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Location, location, location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-610\" src=\"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2014\/11\/town.png\" alt=\"town\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/>\n<p>Everyone loves the beach &#8211; and Bournemouth is home to the best beach in the UK! If you want to spend your weekends sunbathing, surfing or building sandcastles (and why not?), then you couldn\u2019t do much better than Bournemouth. Although Bournemouth Beach is a firm favourite, there\u2019s a huge range of Jurassic Coast beaches to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>If the idea of sand between your toes makes you squirm, you might be more at home in the gardens, or why not head out to the New Forest? Right on the doorstep, this national park is the perfect place for a walk or picnic \u2013 just beware of the sandwich stealing ponies (I speak from experience).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-611\" src=\"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2014\/11\/gardens.png\" alt=\"gardens\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nSummer activities in Bournemouth speak for themselves, but that doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s nothing to do in the colder months. The town centre is the perfect place if you need some retail therapy after finishing a particularly gruelling essay \u2013 it\u2019d be rude not to make use of the coveted NUS card. If you need something a bit stronger than retail therapy, there are plenty of bars and clubs across the town. You\u2019ll also find cinemas, an Oceanarium, theatres, music venues and art galleries \u2013 there\u2019s definitely a lot of culture in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for the Cool Coast Ice Rink later in the year, where seasoned skaters can show off their skills and everyone else can stumble around Bambi-style. Winter forest walks (plus wellington boots) can actually be really fun \u2013 just watch out for the mud. And you can still go to the beach, but you can probably leave the factor 30 at home.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the weather, Bournemouth is a great location. Just remember to set aside some study time!<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-612\" src=\"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2014\/11\/forest.png\" alt=\"forest\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Everyone loves the beach &#8211; and Bournemouth is home to the best beach in the UK! If you want to spend your weekends sunbathing, surfing or building sandcastles (and why not?), then you couldn\u2019t do much better than Bournemouth. Although Bournemouth Beach is a firm favourite, there\u2019s a huge range of Jurassic Coast beaches&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2014\/10\/20\/location-location-location-2\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Location, location, location<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[877,132,1365,153],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-activities","tag-new-forest","tag-things-to-do"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}