Advertise with us
Looking for ways to advertise in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole? We offer effective and competitively priced advertising on a range of digital, print and outdoor platforms. These can help you reach hundreds of thousands of people across the borough every week.
Print
BCP News magazine
The preceding councils’ magazines - BH Life, Christchurch Courier and Poole News – have now ceased.
Our new magazine is BCP News, 183,000 copies are distributed quarterly to homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
BCP News is one magazine, with 3 circulations, providing localised advertising opportunities.
Out of home
Lamp column banners
We carry advertising on more than 200 of our lighting columns. They are located along gateway routes into the borough and high footfall areas around the town centre. With Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole receiving millions of visitors a year this represents an excellent opportunity to be highly visible.
Lamp column banner advertising contact
Roundabouts
BCP Council has 71 roundabouts with 249 signs available to get your business noticed. They are in some of the busiest and most popular locations around Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Download our roundabout advertising media pack or sponsorship agreement for further information, or get in touch to find out more.
Roundabout advertising contact
Queen’s Park Golf Course
There are numerous opportunities for promoting your business around Queen’s Park Golf Course.
The golf course welcomes 40,000 visitors each year. This public open space attracts 20,000 golfers, plus park users and football fans. They take advantage of the pleasant walk to AFC Bournemouth from Winton and Charminster to King’s Park.
Download our Queens Park Golf advertising media pack for further information, or get in touch to find out more.
Queens Park Golf Course advertising contact
Big Belly Solar Bins in Bournemouth’s Lower and Central Gardens
Put your business in front of hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors within Bournemouth’s famous Lower and Central Gardens. Big Belly Solar Bins have one advertising panel each side of the bin.
There is a minimum 4 week booking period.
Big Belly solar bins advertising contact
Seafront bastions
We have banner advertising opportunities at 8 seafront bastions along our busy promenade. We have more than 6 million visitors a year, many of whom make a beeline for our glorious sands. The bastions offer excellent opportunities to view your message. Please email advertising@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to advertise.
Wayfinder poster sites
Located throughout the town centre. The Wayfinder navigational signs featuring poster sites are ideally located in our most heavily used pedestrian areas. They are visited by millions of people every year. Please email advertising@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to advertise.
Car park poster sites
Poster sites are available in our busiest car parks.
Car park poster sites enquiries
Town Centre floral displays
This summer presents an opportunity to sponsor the beautiful floral displays in the Town Centre. Advertise your business on our floral pedestals and displays. Each presents a real visual opportunity to promote your business in high footfall areas.
Get in touch
Please get in touch if we don’t currently offer an opportunity to suit you. We are happy to try and find alternative formats and platforms such as vehicles, car parks, location-based sites and more.
Please email advertising@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to discuss your needs further.
Advertising policy
We welcome advertising enquiries from across industry and enterprise from local businesses to multi-nationals.
Our advertising governance policy offers opportunities to as broad a range of sectors as possible. It does have a small number of restrictions in place in view of its values as a local authority.