Westbourne is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, with several small shops and a Waitrose. Alum Chine provides a pathway to the beach, and is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge, from which Winston Churchill fell when he was a child, breaking both legs. Robert Louis Stevenson had a house here and wrote Treasure Island while he was recovering from an illness. There is small statue commemorating his work on the site of the house he lived in, which was destroyed in the Second World War. There are many places to eat and drink and the Westbourne pub is the official head quarters of the WFA (Westbourne Friends Association). There are good bus links to both Bournemouth and Poole and the beach is a 15 minute walk away. Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... The Waitrose logo Waitrose is a British supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, with 173 branches (November 2005), and is upmarket, similar in quality and assortment to Marks and Spencers food halls. ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. ... Treasure Island. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ...