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Over the years Bournemouth has been famous for its fresh sea air, long believed to have healing properties. Nowadays, in a bid to distance itself from its elderly retirement community image, it has a number of nightclubs (more per square metre than London), bars and casinos to attract young people.

It has been a retreat for the famous such as Mary Shelley and JRR Tolkien (who actually retired to Bournemouth in the 1960s). Oscar Wilde also taught at one of its preparatory schools and Robert Louis Stevenson wrote 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' at his home on the West Cliff.

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