Investigation work for a possible coastal defence scheme at Barton-on-Sea can now start following a £300,000 government grant. New Forest District Council will attempt to reduce the speed of erosion caused by the flow of inland water. This news comes just after someone spent a night halfway down the cliff due to falling when climbing. [...]
To leave the Borough of Poole on the coast path you climb out of Branksome Dene Chine and turn into Sandbourne Road. The first striking building is number 37 across the road. It is a Cape Dutch-style house with a blue roof and a beautifully carved window frame on the first floor. I am told [...]
There is no Sandbanks ferry service during November. The vessel is being towed to Southampton for a refit. There appears to be no alternative crossing available. Wilts & Dorset has an temporary timetable for the 50 route which is running from Bournemouth Square to Studland via Wareham and Swanage. Note that the bus is not [...]
BBC South Today is reporting growing local anger over an empty hotel on Bournemouth’s West Cliff. The St George Hotel at the south end of West Cliff Gardens has beautiful red hanging tiles but the only occupants are pigeons. Neighbours running other hotels feel that it gives a bad impression. John Warwick, who owns the Hotel [...]
Yesterday Bournemouth’s Mary Shelley Festival ended with a performance of a play at the Mary Shelley pub and a brief poetry reading at the Shelley tomb at St Peter’s. At the end of this month there will be an opportunity to see another play about Shelley performed at the cliff top Shelley Park in Boscombe. [...]
Following improvements to the cliff exit from Highcliffe Castle there is now news of a new surface for the Christchurch Coastal Path in front of the car park to the east. Work started last month on laying a long lasting surface to the path linking the top of Culmore Steps to the Cliffhanger Cafe. See [...]
In The Guardian this weekend Simon Hoggart deplores the fact that this year no party conference is at the seaside. He seems to have enjoyed coming to Bournemouth and although he is rude about the seafront (meaning the IMAX) he speaks highly of “one of the finest coastal views in the country” from the cliff [...]
Sandbanks Ferry will be out of action during November. There will be no service from Monday 1 November for at least three weeks. Wilts & Dorset bus route 50 has a special November timetable. See page 20.
The Bankes Arms at Studland is named today by Good Beer Guide editor Roger Protz as one of his top ten brew pubs “Alongside the pub is the Isle of Purbeck Brewery, a substantial 10-barrel plant that started life as the Poole Brewery before moving to Studland. Other pubs are supplied but the complete range [...]
This weekend comes the astonishing news that the Point House Cafe building is to be demolished. Permission for a replacement in the form of a block of flats has come from a planning inspector who says that a new building will be an improvement. The Bournemouth Daily Echo has the story. See page 52.