Welcome to Queen's Park

Queen’s Park is one of the largest open spaces in Bournemouth. The area includes rough grass, woodland and a large pond making it a beautiful space for a walk or run.

Queen’s Park Golf Course is also located here, offering a challenging course set in undulating mature parkland with picturesque treelined fairways.

Our café bar at Queen’s Park is open daily, offering all visitors a warm welcome and delicious food and drinks. 

Have you stepped off the golf course and into the park?

This area was originally called Poors Common because the soils were of such poor quality. It formed part of an expanse of heathland that stretched from Dorchester to the New Forest.

From 1802 to 1902, Queens Park was known as Plot 60 and formed part of the Christchurch Inclosure Act of 1802 which privatised much of Poors Common, making it ripe for development.

Queens Park was named in 1902 after the Danish wife of Edward, Prince of Wales. Officially, the Prince only visited Bournemouth twice, but unofficially was a frequent visitor to the area to see his mistress, Lillie Langtry.

The Mayor of Bournemouth officially opened the course on 25th October 1905. An exhibition match followed, played by professionals J H Taylor, Harry Vardon, James Braid and Alex Herd.

Queen's Park was the second golf course in Bournemouth, but it was quickly known to be a more severe test of golf and established itself as one of the very first and the finest municipal golf courses in the country.

The Queen's Park Improvement and Protection Society has produced a detailed history of the park.