Looking for the best jewellers in Bournemouth? From beautiful engagement rings and bespoke designs to vintage treasures and sentimental jewellery remodelling, we explore seven independent jewellery specialists across Bournemouth, Westbourne and Southbourne. Discover established family businesses, shops specialising in antique jewellery and workshops offering personalised commissions and repairs. Whether you are searching for a special gift or hoping to transform a treasured family heirloom, our Bournemouth jewellers guide is a great place to start.
19th October 2026
An engagement ring, an anniversary gift or a necklace you will wear for years. Sometimes the right piece is waiting in a jeweller’s window. Sometimes it starts with an idea. And sometimes it is already yours, tucked away because the setting, style or fit no longer feels right.
Bournemouth’s independent jewellers offer ways to explore all three possibilities. From Westover Road to the town’s arcades, with further options in Westbourne and Southbourne, there are specialists who can help you choose a finished piece, commission a design or rethink jewellery with a personal history.
The useful starting point is deciding what you want from it: something for everyday wear, a piece for a particular occasion or a way to keep a family connection close.
On Westover Road, Franses brings four generations of family jewellery experience to its collections and bespoke commissions. Engagement rings are a particular focus, alongside fine diamond jewellery and pieces designed and created in house by James Franses.
There is a Bournemouth connection in the designs, too. Its collections draw inspiration from the coastal location, while James’s work ranges from minimal contemporary pieces to more traditional styles.
For someone deciding between a finished piece and a commission, that makes Franses a useful place to explore an established designer’s work before discussing something personal.
Visit for: Fine diamond jewellery, engagement rings and bespoke enquiries.
Find it: 23 Westover Road, Bournemouth BH1 2BZ.
Michael Matthews offers several routes under one roof. Its Westover Road showroom carries engagement, wedding and eternity rings, fine gemstone jewellery and a vintage collection with a particular interest in Art Deco pieces.
For bridal commissions, the design process can involve computer aided design or hand sketches. The business also offers jewellery remodelling, making it an option if you are weighing up a new purchase against a fresh design using something you already own.
That breadth is helpful when you are still discovering your taste. Trying a vintage ring alongside a contemporary style may tell you more than another evening of browsing photographs.
For remodelling, book an appointment so there is time to discuss the piece and what you hope to change.
Visit for: Bridal jewellery, Art Deco and vintage pieces, custom design and remodelling.
Find it: 17 Westover Road, Bournemouth BH1 2BY.
Charles Fox is a longstanding part of Bournemouth’s jewellery scene, with its family business now spanning five generations. Its showroom in Bournemouth Arcade brings together fine jewellery collections and a bespoke service for readers looking for something personal.
Commissions can begin with drawings or computer aided design, with pieces crafted in platinum or 18 carat gold and a choice of precious stones. The team also discusses redesign projects, making it a useful place to explore how an existing idea or piece could develop.
If you are choosing a diamond, ask the team to talk you through the stone’s characteristics and certification alongside the design. For a commission, arrange a meeting to discuss the gemstones, metal and details that matter to you.
Visit for: Fine jewellery, engagement and wedding jewellery, bespoke commissions and redesign enquiries.
Find it: Units 21 and 22, Bournemouth Arcade, Bournemouth BH1 2AH.
Solitaire’s Bournemouth Arcade shop brings together new, previously owned and antique jewellery. It is a useful stop if you enjoy comparing different eras and want to keep your options open.
Alongside its collections, Solitaire offers bespoke design, remodelling and repairs. Its services include work on inherited pieces and tailored engagement and wedding ring orders, with both on site and partner goldsmiths involved in repair and restoration services.
If you have a sentimental ring that feels dated or a piece that needs attention, start by asking what can be repaired, what could be redesigned and what each route would involve.
Visit for: New and antique jewellery, bespoke ring enquiries, repairs and remodelling.
Find it: Units 5 and 6, Bournemouth Arcade, Bournemouth BH1 2AF.
On Albert Road, KH Jewels combines new and previously owned jewellery with an on site workshop and a bespoke design team.
Its capabilities include computer aided design, 3D printing and casting, alongside repairs, resizing, engraving and restoration. The team also offers to transform existing jewellery into a new piece.
For readers who want to understand how an idea becomes a finished design, this is a useful starting point. Ask how the proposed shape and proportions will be shown to you, what can be changed during the design stage and when you will approve the final version.
Visit for: Bespoke commissions, jewellery transformations and workshop services.
Find it: 10 Albert Road, Bournemouth BH1 1BZ.
In Westbourne’s Victorian Arcade, Jewel Vintage stocks new and second hand jewellery, including rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and earrings.
It also offers a redesign service, with the opportunity to discuss turning unworn jewellery into a different piece. For commissions starting from scratch, the team can source diamonds and gemstones for engagement, wedding and anniversary designs.
This is an option for readers who want to browse existing jewellery while considering whether an inherited piece could become something more suited to their own wardrobe.
Visit for: New and previously owned jewellery, redesign and gemstone sourcing for commissions.
Find it: 11A Westbourne Arcade, Poole Road, Bournemouth BH4 9AY.
On Southbourne Grove, Southbourne Jewellers offers bespoke design and remodelling, including work on family jewellery and tailored wedding and engagement ring orders.
Its repair services cover practical concerns such as ring sizing, broken chains, fastenings, stone setting and claw work, using on site and partner goldsmiths.
For anyone with jewellery sitting unworn at home, a conversation about its condition is a sensible first step. A repair or adjustment may make it wearable again; a larger redesign may give it a different role in your collection.
Visit for: Family jewellery remodelling, bespoke ring orders and repairs.
Find it: 38 Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth BH6 3RA.
Bring the jewellery you want assessed, any certificates or earlier paperwork you have, and a few photographs of styles you like. Explain what you want to preserve, particularly if the original stones, metal or overall appearance carry sentimental meaning.
Be clear about your budget and any occasion you are working towards. Ask for the proposed work, total price, design approval stages and expected completion date in writing before proceeding.
For remodelling, ask specifically which original materials will be retained, how they will be used and what will happen to anything left over. Reusing your own jewellery does not automatically make a commission less expensive, so compare the complete proposal.
The most satisfying choice is the piece you will enjoy wearing. That might be a vintage discovery, a design created around your own ideas or a familiar stone in a setting that finally feels like you.
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