Ladies Festival 2008

Your President and his Lady Alan & Jackie Hill look forward to seeing you in Bournemouth

The Hotel

The Ocean View Hotel Bournemouth is a beautiful 52 bedroom hotel with an outdoor heated swimming pool in landscaped gardens, also offering use of the superb indoor leisure facilities located at our nearby sister hotel. The Cox family, now in its third generation, have established an enviable reputation for friendly Bournemouth holidays with a vast choice of leisure and entertainment options in this comfortable, well maintained sea front hotel.

The Ocean View Hotel is situated on the fabulous East Cliff with breathtaking views over Poole Bay and the Purbecks. The friendly and efficient staff aim to provide a complete and comprehensive personal service to meet every possible demand from the most discerning of guests. Whether you visit us for leisure or business we will ensure you have an enjoyable and pleasant stay.

Programme of Events

Friday
Bar Lunches are available from midday onwards. Bedrooms are available from 2pm.
A four course dinner is served in the main restaurant from 6.30 p.m. until 8.30 p.m, last orders. The restaurant seating plan for Friday night is pre-arranged with the Lodge, usually similar size tables as the Saturday night plan. Dinner is followed by entertainment from 9:00pm until midnight. Full bar service is available throughout the night


Saturday
The "Purbeck Leisure Suite" at the Bay View Court Hotel is opened at 7am. This includes heated indoor pool, spa bath, steam room and changing facilities and is open to guests from all three hotels. Full English breakfast is served in the main restaurant from 8:00am to 9:30pm.
Wine orders, from the well stocked wine list, are taken in the morning for the festival banquet.
After breakfast, guests may wish to visit Bournemouth town centre for a spot of shopping. Bar lunches are available 12 midday - 2pm
The President's Reception is at 5.45pm when the Brethren, their Ladies and guests will be presented to the President and his Lady by the toastmaster who is in attendance for the evening.  Full bar facilities are made available throughout the night and a photographer is present.

The festival banquet commences at 6:30pm. A keyboardist will play during dinner. Speaches and entertainment follow the meal. The music plays on until 1:00am. Full bar facilities are made available throughout the night.

The Festival Banquet commences at 6.30pm in either the Hampshire Restaurant or Dorset Ballroom, followed by speeches. The entertainment takes place in the Dorset Ballroom. The Music plays until 1am. Full bar facilities available throughout.

Sunday
The "Purbeck Leisure Suite" is open at 7:00am.

Bay View Court & Ocean View Hotels
reakfast is served in the main restaurant from 8:00am until 9:30am - Carved buffet lunch is served 12:30pm until 1:30pm

Cottonwood Hotel
Brunch is served in the Garden restaurant from 9:00am until 11:00am

Rooms must be vacated by 10:30am
 

Directions

Click here for directions to the Oceanview Hotel

 From London: M3, M27 West, A31, A338
From Midlands: M40, A34, M3, M27 West, A31, A338
From Cornwall, Devon: A30, A35
From Bristol, Bath: A36, A338

From the Wessex Way (A338) take the Roundabout signposted Railway Station, go forward at the next Roundabout (Holdenhurst Road), and forward at the following Roundabout (Christchurch Road) Pass the church, on your right, and follow Manor Road towards the seafront. Ocean View Hotel is on the right just before the T junction on the clifftop.