Live Event. Remembrance Walk, Bournemouth. Sun 10th Nov

Bournemouth Beach Remembrance Walk

At 9am on Remembrance Sunday (10th November) we invite you to complete our 5km walk from the pier at Bournemouth, walking along the promenade to the end of Boscombe pier, and returning back to Bournemouth pier to finish your walk and collect your beautiful medal in person. We will donate £5 per entrant to military charities*

The finish line is approximately 1km from Bournemouth Town Hall, where the Remembrance ceremony will take place at 11am, which everyone is welcome to attend.

You will be kept informed with email updates and additional information closer to the date.

A little historical interest of the importance of our location for the remembrance walk:

Dorset played a key role in the preparations and launch of the Allied Forces' invasion of northern France, which marked the  beginning of the end of World War II.

Thousands of troops were stationed all over the county in readiness for the sea and airborne attack on Normandy to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe

Leading the planning of D-Day was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Dwight D. Eisenhower – later to become the 34th President of the US, and Britain's Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Ground Forces Commander in Chief.

Strategic planning

With other advisers, the two had finalised their plans in the weeks before the D-Day landings, and at least one of these meetings took place in a hotel in East Cliff in Bournemouth, while they were visiting the troops who were based in the area.

The Carlton Hotel witnessed strategic battle plans between the military men, for an operation that would involve air and sea assaults on five code-named beach locations in occupied northern France.

We will be walking directly under the Carlton hotel.

*Military charities: Royal British Legion, SSAFA, Help 4 Heroes, CWGC.