Children’s Activities in and around Bournemouth at AllAboutGoingOut.com. This is a guide for you and your family for a day out at hundreds of the best things to do in an area including Poole, Christchurch and other local towns
We cover an area in and around Bournemouth, by providing your post code and the distance you are prepared to travel we can pick out children’s activities within that area. Alternatively you can provide a different place to use as a starting point
Things to do for children in Bournemouth will range from events that occur on a single day to attractions that are open throughout the year, you can search for things to do that take place on a particular day or over a period up to twelve months ahead.
Children’s activities in Bournemouth have been grouped into one or a number of categories, describing the type of event. You can select a category or group of categories to identify the type of day out that interests you and your family.
AllAboutGoingOut.com is easy to use and whenever you need help, hover over the icon for guidance to appear. Register with us and when you find things for children of interest, you will be able to create an itinerary of children’s activities that you can share with your friends. On request only, we will send you a newsletter with details of new children’s activities that you have told us you are interested in hearing about.
We always welcome new children’s activities on our site, so if you are organising an eventfor children to be held in during the next 12 months in Bournemouth please add it to AllAboutGoingOut.com
Best results will be achieved with Javascript enabled and using a screen resolution of 1024X840.
Click on the "When to Go" link at top left of the search area (coloured grey) to tell us the date or dates between which you want us to find activities and events.
A new window will open. In the Date:From box enter the first date of the date range to be the basis for the search. If you only wish to search for a single date then enter that date in the "Date : From" box.
In the "Date : To" box enter the last date of the date range to be used as the basis of the search.
By Clicking alongside the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes, a calendar will open which will allow you to select and enter the dates you require.
Alternatively, you can search using ,today's date, tomorrow's date, the Next 7 days or the next 28 days by clicking on the button beside the appropriate entry and these dates will be populated into the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes for you..
You can still modify those dates if you wish.
Once you have entered your required dates then select OK button to continue
The date selection you have made will appear in red beneath the "When to Go" Link. This will remain a search criteria and continue to be displayed in red until you change it or reset the search
To remove a selection you have previously made then click the remove button in the "When To Go" window
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then select the search button (Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
What To Do
You define "What to Do" by selecting either a main or sub-category of activity. The main categories are always displayed in the grey search area.
If you would like to see items from a main category then click on that category and it will turn red.
Within each main category there are a number of sub-categories, if you would like to see items from a sub-category then roll the cursor over the category containing the required sub-category and a window will open containing the sub-categories.
Select the required sub-category
By selecting a main category all items in each sub-category within the category will be included in addition to those items specifically allocated to the main category
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then select the search button (Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
Postcode
Your post code is valuable to AllAboutGoingOut.com as it gives us your location which enables us to give you Events and Activities in a sequence that are closest to you.
It also enables us to calculate and display how far you are from each entry and to give you directions on how to get there.
This will then be stored on your computer (if you have cookies enabled) and then each time you return to the site, your postcode will be entered automatically.
Which Area
Click on the "Which Area" link at top left of the search area (coloured grey) to tell us the area in which you want us to find you activities and events.
A window will open where you can provide your own post code or the post code of any location that will be the base for the search. (more about your Post Code)
Alternatively you can choose a town that can be used as the base for the search.
By default we will search for activities and events within 10 miles of your selected base, however you can change the range to 5, 20, 30 or 40 miles.
Should you wish to search the complete area then make no selection in "Which Area" window.
Once you have entered your required dates then select OK button to continue
The selection you have made will appear in red beneath the "Which Area" Link. This will remain a search criteria for the search and continue to be displayed in red until you change it or reset the search
To remove a selection you have previously made then click the clear button in the "Which Area" window.
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then click on the search button.(Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
Itinerary
The Itinerary enables you to select a number of activities of interest to you which you can send to yourself or your friends as an email or just hold the details for a later date
To add an entry to your itinerary, click on the icon displayed in the entry you have selected. This will change the icon to . Once selected this item will continue to be included in your itinerary when you make further searches.
To remove an entry from your itinerary, select and click on against the item and it will revert back to .
Clicking on the Itinerary Link in the main menu will replace your current selection with the items you have selected for your itinerary.
Four Buttons will be shown above the content of your Itinerary
You can send full details of the entries in your itinerary in the form of an email to up to two friends , by selecting the "Send to a Friend" button. You will also be able add a personal message to be included in the email.
To send full details of the entries in your itinerary to your own e-mail address, select the "Send to me" button
Items will remain in your itinerary for a period of 28 days or until the dates in the entry are no longer current.
Whilst viewing the itinerary you can remove any item from your itinerary by selecting the relevant icon which will revert back to . Select the "Refresh" button and the items you wish to delete will disappear.
Should you wish to clear all items from your itinerary then select the "Clear" button
N.B. You will only be able to view your itinerary from the computer that created it
The Itinerary function will only operate if you have cookies enabled on your computer.
What To Do
Select the category or sub-category of what you want to do from the list below
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When To Go
Click on the "When to Go" link at top left of the search area (coloured grey) to tell us the date or dates between which you want us to find activities and events.
A new window will open. In the Date:From box enter the first date of the date range to be the basis for the search. If you only wish to search for a single date then enter that date in the "Date : From" box.
In the "Date : To" box enter the last date of the date range to be used as the basis of the search.
By Clicking alongside the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes, a calendar will open which will allow you to select and enter the dates you require.
Alternatively, you can search using ,today's date, tomorrow's date, the Next 7 days or the next 28 days by clicking on the button beside the appropriate entry and these dates will be populated into the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes for you..
You can still modify those dates if you wish.
Once you have entered your required dates then select OK button to continue
The date selection you have made will appear in red beneath the "When to Go" Link. This will remain a search criteria and continue to be displayed in red until you change it or reset the search
To remove a selection you have previously made then click the remove button in the "When To Go" window
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then select the search button (Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
What To Do
You define "What to Do" by selecting either a main or sub-category of activity. The main categories are always displayed in the grey search area.
If you would like to see items from a main category then click on that category and it will turn red.
Within each main category there are a number of sub-categories, if you would like to see items from a sub-category then roll the cursor over the category containing the required sub-category and a window will open containing the sub-categories.
Select the required sub-category
By selecting a main category all items in each sub-category within the category will be included in addition to those items specifically allocated to the main category
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then select the search button (Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
Postcode
Your post code is valuable to AllAboutGoingOut.com as it gives us your location which enables us to give you Events and Activities in a sequence that are closest to you.
It also enables us to calculate and display how far you are from each entry and to give you directions on how to get there.
This will then be stored on your computer (if you have cookies enabled) and then each time you return to the site, your postcode will be entered automatically.
Which Area
Click on the "Which Area" link at top left of the search area (coloured grey) to tell us the area in which you want us to find you activities and events.
A window will open where you can provide your own post code or the post code of any location that will be the base for the search. (more about your Post Code)
Alternatively you can choose a town that can be used as the base for the search.
By default we will search for activities and events within 10 miles of your selected base, however you can change the range to 5, 20, 30 or 40 miles.
Should you wish to search the complete area then make no selection in "Which Area" window.
Once you have entered your required dates then select OK button to continue
The selection you have made will appear in red beneath the "Which Area" Link. This will remain a search criteria for the search and continue to be displayed in red until you change it or reset the search
To remove a selection you have previously made then click the clear button in the "Which Area" window.
When the Welcome Screen is shown you should make all your required selections for "Which Area", "When to Go" and "What to Do" and then click on the search button.(Only a selection from "What to Do" must be made before starting the search) . When results of a search are shown then changing any of the three selection criteria will trigger another search
Itinerary
The Itinerary enables you to select a number of activities of interest to you which you can send to yourself or your friends as an email or just hold the details for a later date
To add an entry to your itinerary, click on the icon displayed in the entry you have selected. This will change the icon to . Once selected this item will continue to be included in your itinerary when you make further searches.
To remove an entry from your itinerary, select and click on against the item and it will revert back to .
Clicking on the Itinerary Link in the main menu will replace your current selection with the items you have selected for your itinerary.
Four Buttons will be shown above the content of your Itinerary
You can send full details of the entries in your itinerary in the form of an email to up to two friends , by selecting the "Send to a Friend" button. You will also be able add a personal message to be included in the email.
To send full details of the entries in your itinerary to your own e-mail address, select the "Send to me" button
Items will remain in your itinerary for a period of 28 days or until the dates in the entry are no longer current.
Whilst viewing the itinerary you can remove any item from your itinerary by selecting the relevant icon which will revert back to . Select the "Refresh" button and the items you wish to delete will disappear.
Should you wish to clear all items from your itinerary then select the "Clear" button
N.B. You will only be able to view your itinerary from the computer that created it
The Itinerary function will only operate if you have cookies enabled on your computer.
What To Do
Select the category or sub-category of what you want to do from the list below
icon for guidance to appear. Register with us and when you find things for children of interest, you will be able to create an itinerary of children’s activities that you can share with your friends. On request only, we will send you a newsletter with details of new children’s activities that you have told us you are interested in hearing about.
alongside the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes, a calendar will open which will allow you to select and enter the dates you require.
beside the appropriate entry and these dates will be populated into the "Date : From" and "Date : To" boxes for you..
You can still modify those dates if you wish.
icon displayed in the entry you have selected. This will change the icon to 
. Once selected this item will continue to be included in your itinerary when you make further searches.
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