The Best Western Connaught Hotel is a top AA 3 star (80%) and rosette hotel with free parking for 66 vehicles. Centrally located on the West Cliff, this hotel is an excellent venue for private functions, conferences and leisure breaks and is less than 5 minutes walk to the Town Centre, BIC, Gardens, Pavilion and pier. Just three minutes walk away are Bournemouth's award winning golden sandy beaches. The Hotel has 56 luxurious, spacious bedrooms with all the superior rooms having the added benefit of their own private balcony, and the Lodge, immediately adjacent, has a further 27 ensuite bedrooms. Blakes Restaurant, awarded its rosette in 2006, is the ideal place for that romantic dinner. The Connaught also boasts a magnificent indoor leisure centre with a large 18m heated swimming pool, two saunas, two steam rooms, a cardio-vascular suite and a resistance suite; in addition, for use during the warmer weather, a large 12m heated outdoor swimming pool. Sorry we do not accept pets (except guide dogs) stag or hen parties - sorry!!