Plan to demolish UK’s first public beach hut in Bournemouth prompts anger

Local people criticise council over decision to raze hut built in 1909 to make way for work on nearby pier

Admittedly, it looks a little shabby. A wooden slat next to the front door and a window pane are missing and a lick of paint would definitely not go amiss.

But in the seaside town of Bournemouth there is disquiet at the prospect of the structure - beach hut number 2359 - being razed when structural work on the nearby pier begins.