The cliff top coastguard training centre at Steamer Point is due to close and be replaced by housing. The site was a radar station from…
Author: Leigh Hatts
Leigh Hatts is an experienced walker and has known the local coastline since childhood. He is the author of many successful walking guides.
Bournemouth Coast Path: Wind farm exhibition tour
The final Navitus consultation on the proposed wind farm off Bournemouth is about to end. A Navitus exhibition is touring the Bournemouth area and I…
TUC at Bournemouth
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason has been reporting on live television from the Bournemouth Coast Path since Saturday evening. His hotel room also has…
Bournemouth Coast Path: Wind farm exhibitions
The latest consultations wind farm exhibitions begin on Thursday 12 September. Navitus is about to apply for a Development Consent Order to build an off-shore…
Becton Bunny: Slowing the stream
One of the delights of the coast path near Barton-on-Sea is Becton Bunny where the stream can still be seen running down the valley into…
Highcliffe Castle: Holiday exhibition
This year’s summer exhibition at Highcliffe Castle looks at Highcliffe as a holiday destination. This covers quite a lot of fascinating castle history. It seems…
Lymington: Sea water baths open and busy
Lymington’s sea water swimming pool has seen hundreds of people visiting during the hot weather. This follows a period of uncertainty first about the baths’ future…
Avon Beach: Victor Derham looks back
Avon Beach is in new ownership this summer for the first time in over 80 years. The Guardian has a profile of Victor Derham who…
Inside a Mudeford beach hut
Mudeford’s Sandspit is known for its expensive beach huts. The Daily Mail has lots of interior shots as well as the coast path on a…
Point House becomes Ocean Point
Point House Cafe, the last house on the Poole Bay cliff, closed in 2010 amid much sadness. Its replacement is residential Ocean Point where a show…