Bournemouth has been a gay mecca for many years, even when it used to be a sleepy retirement town. It has become a lot more cosmopolitan over the last decade and even has a gay village, minutes from the city center, up the hill, in the area called The Triangle. It also has Studland beach a short distance away, which is probably one of the world's most famous gay nudist beaches. It's reached by taking the bus (locally known as the Handbag Express) to Poole harbour, then the Sandbanks ferry across to Studland.