Winton Forum

Welcome to Winton

Winton Forum is a focus point for community action

We meet regularly and take up a range of issues with the Council and other authorities on behalf of our members. See here for more details.

Our public meetings deal with topics of interest or concern to the community. If there is something you would like raised, we can normally get in the experts.

Tell us what you want.

Changing face of Winton - the Forum takes action.

We have set up a special committee to respond to the growing concern about the number of homes in Winton which are being converted into flats or Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

In some streets as many as half the properties have switched from family homes to HMOs. A major cause is the influx of students who now comprise about a quarter of Winton's population.

If this concerns or directly affects you, and you feel the need to do something about it, take a look at our new Student Issues page. There is also a review of the Forum's activity to date.

STOP PRESS - HMO application blocked after resident takes action...... get the details.

STOP PRESS - Winton Forum gives the Council the facts. ...see HERE.

STOP PRESS - Public meeting called over Bournemouth Core Strategy: 7.00 pm on Friday 30 July at Richmond Park Bowls Club, Winton Rec.

June 26th was another sun-soaked day of fun, music and laughter for Winton. Thousands of people enjoyed the Carnival Parade and an afternoon of entertainment at the Winton Rec.

We have comprehensive photo and video coverage as usual - are you are in any of the pictures? Visit the Carnival web site.

Government announces action over Winton student housing problems.

The government is to give councils more power to deal with the kind of housing problems that raise concerns in Winton. The Winton Forum played a role in the campaign that has prompted this result. Read more here.

If you need to contact the University about student behaviour or other issues, telephone (01202) 524111 or email community@bournemouth.ac.uk.

The telephone contact is the general number for the University who say it will be answered 24 hours a day.

During office hours, you will be connected to the section most relevant to your call.

Night Time

Out of hours, security staff will connect you to an answer phone.

If you are contacting the University about student behaviour, the matter will be investigated and followed up with both students and complainant.

You should also call the Council Emergency Service on 451145.

Extra option

During the day you could also try ringing the University student letting agency on 01202 961671.

Ice Cream Mania

They queued all the way down the road.

They forgot the war.

One boy had to be rushed to hospital.

Yes - it was nearly a hundred years ago and ice cream had arrived in Winton.

Read how they got the hots for ices.

All that and much much more of Winton across the ages. Our history is just a click away.

All the other Wintons!

They are everywhere in the English speaking world. Take a look.

There is a Winton in just about every kind of setting you can imagine from deserts to frozen forests.

If you happen to know of another Winton, let us know.

Winton on the web - still growing in popularity

This website is continuing to attract increasing numbers of visitors. Over the course of 2008 we recorded a total of 1,351,960 hits - more than twice the previous year's total. Latest figures from our server show that in 2009 the numbers went up again - edging close to one and a half million hits a year.

Check the figures in detail.

The site has around 200 pages with news, history and message board among the most popular.

For the technically minded, our statistics show that 90% of visitors were using a PC while only 8% used a Mac. Most popular browser is Internet Explorer (66%) followed by Firefox (21%), and Safari (7%). Just starting to show in the figures is Blackberry with 0.5%.

The most popular search engine is Google - and the most common search phrases that find us are Winton, Winton Forum, Winton history and Benny Hill !!!

Bournemouth 2026

Winton community Forum is a member of Bournemouth 2026 - a partnership that brings together hundreds of people from voluntary, community and faith organisations, private companies and public services working together to improve the lives of people who live, work and visit the town.

By cooperating with each other, organisations can pool resources and expertise to achieve the goals which are part of the twenty year vision for Bournemouth's future that was formulated in 2006.

We have teamed up with the Queens Park and Charminster Community Forum to provide a special section dedicated solely to Queens Park and Charminster.

You'll find facts, figures, addresses, local history and lots more - making this the most comprehensive local website in the area. Click here to visit the Queens Park and Charminster section of the site.

New service to combat anti-social noise

The Council has launched a new service to deal with noisy parties on Friday and Saturday nights. For the details, click here.

Search the site

Want to look up something about Winton but can't be bothered to browse the menus? Saw something somewhere, but can't remember where? We now have an easy answer for you - we've installed a search engine. Just click here to search the site. There is now a "site search" button at the bottom of the menu bar on the left of every page.

Traders - click here to advertise on this site