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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Plan to demolish UK’s first public beach hut in Bournemouth prompts anger

A row of traditional wooden beach huts. A man on stepladder inspects one of them, which has a blue plaque
Hut 2359 is one of a row of 29 due to be removed before repair work begins on the nearby Bournemouth pier. Photograph: Peter Willows/BNPS

Admittedly, it looks a little shabby. A wooden slat next to the front door and a window pane are missing and a lick of paint would definitely not go amiss.

But in the seaside town of Bournemouth there is disquiet at the prospect of the structure – beach hut number 2359 – being razed when structural work on the nearby pier begins.

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