There is another fear that a cliff fall could be imminent at Barton-on-Sea. Long planned tests begin shortly. See reports in Daily Echo and tonight’s…
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.
Mudeford sand recycling & Dorset cliff fall
Work you may have seen this week on the beach just west of Mudeford is part of coastal defence involving moving sand. Also news today…
Friars Cliff cafe open daily
The Beach Hut Cafe at Friars Cliff is advertising itself as open 365 days a year from at least 9am. The family-run cafe is between…
IMAX has gone
The IMAX building in the heart of Bournemouth seafront has ben demolished. There is much of the building on the ground to be cleared but…
Tony Robinson in Studland and Swanage
Tonight’s Channel 4 Walking Through History with Tony Robinson has been a reminder of how Dorset’s coast was the front line in the Second World War….
Lymington sea water baths listed
Lymington’s seawater baths have been designated as a listed building by English Heritage. This Grade II protection comes as plans were being prepared to reduce…
Bournemouth Coast Path: Summer route open
Today Easter Day is the first day of British Summer Time which means that the Mudeford Ferry starts operating. No need to take the Christchurch…
The South West Coast Path 2013 guide
Jonathan Dimbleby has promised to walk a section of the South West Coast Path to mark forty years of the South West Coast Path Association….
Sand goes back to Boscombe
Walkers looking down on the beach from Boscombe cliffs may interested in the movement of sand reported here.
Hurst Castle erosion discovered
Hurst Castle is facing huge and unexpected erosion problems. Castle manager Sean Crane says that there had been a dramatic change in the depth of…