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  • It’s such a welcome and safe community, whether it’s when I’m there swimming, lunching, dancing or just for a quite coffee.

    Zoe, Southampton & Hampshire · signed 10 days ago

  • Great vibes, it's brings people together.

    Claire, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • Really important for mental wellbeing to escape work - love the community

    Katrina, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • I live here and want to have sobo beach to remain for the locals all year round.

    A supporter in Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • We walk there all the time and it's such an amazing, beautiful place, brings people and community together

    A supporter in Westbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • Incredible vibe, authentic & unique. Nothing quite like it. Fits so well with the surroundings.

    Oliver, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • I come down for several weeks a year on holiday. I remember before SoBo was there and we didn’t really bother. Now every time we come down we use Sobo most days. It is. It just a beach bar, there is nothing else anywhere else that we have been. Crafting, yoga, swimming, music - it has something for everyone. Please don’t get rid of it and put some random offering there instead. We will just have to use The Beach House instead and boycott anything else

    A supporter in the UK · signed 10 days ago

  • Good times meeting new people and making new friends, also mental health, if you’re feeling low this place always has a way of picking you up 😊

    Marc, Poole · signed 10 days ago

  • We pop down throughout the year with our young children, always get a warm welcome and bump into friends. It should absolutely remain with the current staff and management

    Ben, Christchurch · signed 10 days ago

  • Visit for hot chocolate every dog walk 2-3 times a week. Great for my mental wellbeing

    A supporter in New Milton · signed 10 days ago

  • I love catching up with friends here

    Colin, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • Great facilities and a credit to the town and local area

    Mr, Westbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • We bring the kids here all year round and thoroughly enjoy the vibes at sobo beach!

    Nicki, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • I walk my dog, visit the beach & swim here all year round

    Matthew, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • A beautiful that I have made many memories with family and friends. So special and unique, losing it would be awful for the area and community ❤️‍🩹

    Faye, Poole · signed 10 days ago

  • Best thing to happen on this site for food and drink that’s accessible to everyone in the community and visitors

    A supporter in Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

  • It’s a fantastic community business that delivers amazing service, product and atmosphere. It takes a lot to build such a popular business and I don’t want a change in ownership just because BCP wants more revenue. It’s a public venue so let the public decide. Hands off BCP!

    Michele, Christchurch · signed 10 days ago

  • My family use SOBO at least once a week, it’s like a community, the staff are amazing and we always run into people we know. The variety of age groups and people here show popularity across generations and there is always a good vibe.

    Anna, Christchurch · signed 10 days ago

  • It's where I meet various different group of friends! Some come from Southampton! This place actually has a soul & a beating heart! You can never replicate this!

    Suzie, Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • It’s a place I’m proud to take my friends to when they visit It brings the beach to life

    Mandy · signed 10 days ago

  • Such a great place to meet new people and gave the best social things going on.

    A supporter in Poole · signed 10 days ago

  • great place to stop and have a coffee . all year round.

    Nigel, Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • It’s a non pretentious and lovely family environment

    Kate, Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • Social environment

    Victoria, Poole · signed 10 days ago

  • It’s a fantastic venue all year round and we would be very sad to lose it!

    Henry, Ringwood · signed 10 days ago

  • Lovely venue to visit, great atmosphere and also occasionally watch my lovely granddaughter doing her DJ set there.

    Sylvia, Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • It’s such an important place for the area, actually the only nice spot at the entire beach - who wants to sit in stinky harvester

    A supporter in Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • An amazing, year round destination catering for so many facets of society and it encapsulates the term community in a way that nothing else comes close to.

    Dan, Christchurch · signed 10 days ago

  • The beach has been my salvation during my divorce, and to get an amazing coffee, from smiling staff, just kept me going. Thank you team SOBO..

    Rob, Bournemouth · signed 10 days ago

  • Because the vibe is right for the beach! It’s relaxed and perfect for all ages. It’s a meeting place where people want to go. A lot of other businesses could learn a lot from what they’ve created.

    Lee, Southbourne · signed 10 days ago

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