Published on Saturday 28 June 2025
With a hot weekend forecast, the coastal towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) are putting plans in place ready to welcome residents and visitors to their award-winning beaches.
BCP Council is deploying extra staff and working with partner agencies including Dorset Police and RNLI to make sure everyone has a safe and enjoyable time.
- Extra traffic management will be in place including dedicated CSAS Traffic Officers stationed at Sea Road in Boscombe. They will implement the closure of Sea Road at the junction of The Marina road, as soon as the Undercliff and Overstrand car parks reach capacity and will direct vehicles to alternative car parks.
- Extra signage along the A338 informing visitors which car parks have spaces.
- Additional parking restrictions will also be in place to allow better flows of traffic at key routes.
- Tow trucks will be ready to move from their highly visible locations in Bournemouth and Sandbanks. Any car that obstructs a key route or restricts access points for emergency vehicles will be towed. Drivers face a fine of more than £100 to get their vehicle back.
- Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) Officers will be deployed to help keep people safe.
- Extra Civil Enforcement Officers will be patrolling each day this weekend, to help keep the traffic flowing and ready to issue parking fines to any car parked illegally.
- Additional staff are in the traffic control room and will be ready to respond to issues in real time directing resource where needed.
- The council’s cleansing team begin collecting rubbish early every morning from the beaches across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s seafront.
Councillor Richard Herrett, Portfolio Holder for Destination, Leisure and Commercial Operations at BCP Council, said: “It’s fantastic to see the sun out and people heading down to our beautiful beaches to enjoy their free time.
“We welcome around 10 million visitors to our area every year and we know the vast majority of people respect our area.
“But, just like our residents, we are incredibly frustrated to see negative behaviours such as illegal parking, camping on the beach and open spaces, and leaving behind rubbish.
“People visiting our towns and beaches this summer can expect to see extra parking enforcement officers on the ground, tow away trucks to remove cars parked illegally, and security in place to address anti-social behaviours.
“Our teams are well experienced in managing an increase in visitor numbers and we have extra staff across parking, traffic management, cleansing and public safety.
“Ultimately our message to everyone is clear, we welcome you to come and enjoy our towns and beaches but please do so responsibly and respectfully. Those who choose to leave their rubbish or park irresponsibly or dangerously have an impact on everyone’s enjoyment and are not welcome back.”