More than 1,000 years ago, when the waters around Bournemouth were teeming with fish, there was one pathway that busy piscators would take to access the beach and today we know it as Fisherman's Walk.
It's even thought that smugglers may once have trodden the very same path on their way too and from the shore.
In the early 20th century it was decided that Southbourne needed more green space and eventually a strip of land around five acres was purchased from Lord Portman next to the old fishermen’s track.
New Fisherman's Walk was opened on May 26, 1913, by then-mayor of Bournemouth, Alderman Dr Henry McCalmont Hill, with the dedication for its “use of the inhabitants of Bournemouth forever”.
The path became popular as a route to the sea for both residents and visitors and they were regularly treated along the route to free musical presentations by a variety of bands and concert parties.
A lift opposite Fisherman’s Walk was put in to action on June 8, 1935, and provided an easier way to get to the beach.
In 1937, the southern end of the walk was furnished with A rest garden was built at the southern end in 1937 and included a fish pond and flower beds.
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