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River Bourne, Dorset
The River Bourne is a small river in Dorset. It flows into the English Channel at Bournemouth, taking its name simply from Middle English bourn or burn, a small stream, and giving it to the town at its mouth.
Tributaries totalling just over 13 kilometres of waterway; of this total length 5.7 kilometres is culverted and 7.5 kilometres is open stream. Its drainage catchment is some 14 square kilometres.
In the upper reaches, the catchment boundaries are approximately defined by Ringwood Road to the west, Wallisdown Road to the north and Ashley Road/Poole Road to the south. In the lower reaches, the catchment width gradually narrows towards the outfall at Bournemouth Pier. The overall fall between the highest levels in the upper catchment to the Poole Bay outfall is approximately 60 metres, giving an overall gradient of approximately 1:100 which is considered to be steep.
Reaching Bournemouth, it flows through public gardens, known as the Upper, Central and Lower Gardens. It goes underground at The Square (which divides the Central Gardens from the Lower Gardens) and again just before it reaches the beach immediately east of Bournemouth Pier, so that its mouth is no longer visible.
Tributaries totalling just over 13 kilometres of waterway; of this total length 5.7 kilometres is culverted and 7.5 kilometres is open stream. Its drainage catchment is some 14 square kilometres.
In the upper reaches, the catchment boundaries are approximately defined by Ringwood Road to the west, Wallisdown Road to the north and Ashley Road/Poole Road to the south. In the lower reaches, the catchment width gradually narrows towards the outfall at Bournemouth Pier. The overall fall between the highest levels in the upper catchment to the Poole Bay outfall is approximately 60 metres, giving an overall gradient of approximately 1:100 which is considered to be steep.
Reaching Bournemouth, it flows through public gardens, known as the Upper, Central and Lower Gardens. It goes underground at The Square (which divides the Central Gardens from the Lower Gardens) and again just before it reaches the beach immediately east of Bournemouth Pier, so that its mouth is no longer visible.
by N Chadwick
Created: Mon, 7 Dec 2020, Updated: Mon, 7 Dec 2020
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