Hotel · near Alum Chine Beach

Kensington Hotel

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At a glance

The nearest beach (Alum Chine Beach) is about 14 minutes on foot, with a climb of about 37 m on the way back.

You have a bus stop about 4 minutes away and a supermarket about 8 minutes away, so it works without a car.

Think twice if

  • Steep walk back from the beach: climb about 37 m

Each line rests on a number computed for this place.

How it compares

Compared with the 176 places we mapped in Bournemouth. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.

  • Walk to the beach 14 min Closer than 32% of places
  • Walk to a bus stop 4 min Closer than 11% of places
  • Walk to a supermarket 8 min Closer than 59% of places
  • Drive to Bournemouth Airport 11 min Closer than 17% of places
  • Climb back from the beach about 37 m Less climbing than 32% of places

Contact and maps

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How far is everything

  • Nearest beachAlum Chine Beach 14 min
  • Bus stopSt Michael's Roundabout 4 min
  • SupermarketCo-op Food 8 min
  • PharmacyPoole Road Pharmacy 5 min
  • Cash machine 5 min

Sights and days out

  • Brownsea Island 7 min
  • Poole Harbour 8 min
  • Sandbanks 9 min
  • Kingston Lacy 22 min
  • Corfe Castle 31 min
  • The Tank Museum 32 min
  • Swanage Railway 39 min
  • Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove and the Jurassic Coast 42 min
  • Swanage 42 min

Getting here

  • Bournemouth Airport11 min

Hills and evening noise

Schematic of Kensington Hotel: the nearest beach, Alum Chine Beach, is 14 minutes on foot (about 1120 m). 1 bars or clubs within 150 m and 8 within 300 m. 150 m 300 m 14 min · about 1120 m on foot Alum Chine Beach This place
This place Nearest beach Bars and clubs: 1 within 150 m, 8 within 300 m Schematic, not to scale. Computed figures; the map link below shows the real streets.
Height above sea level
about 39 m
Climb from the nearest beach
about 37 m
Average slope of that walk
about 3.3%
Bars and clubs within 150 m
1
Bars and clubs within 300 m
8

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Other places nearby

How we worked this out

These figures are computed, not measured on foot. Walking times use the mapped streets and paths at about 4.8 km/h, with steps counted slower. Driving times use typical road speeds plus time for junctions and parking, so allow extra at busy times. The slope compares the height of the hotel with the nearest beach. "Steep" means an average of 8% or more. Noise counts mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs in a straight line.

Computed 30 Oct 2026. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM 30 m and national datasets such as USGS 3DEP).

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