Plans for a restored Pavilion in Bournemouth are on show for just two days. The Pavilion theatre complex is yards from the seafront and a…
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.
Dolphin and seals
A dead dolphin has been washed up on Bournemouth beach. It was found yesterday near Durley Chine and could be the same one seen in…
Dogs may not be welcome at Sandbanks
The Sandbanks television programme did not do much for the area’s reputation. It was not a rounded picture with no mention of the ferry, St Nicholas…
Sandbanks TV programme
A three part series over three nights on ITV is devoted to Sandbanks at the western end of the Bournemouth Coast Path. The sandy peninsula…
Echo’s Coast book has good pictures
Coast is new book containing stunning pictures of the Bournemouth Coast Path. Copies of the 176 page A4 hardback book, published by the Bournemouth Daily…
2008
The New Year is a good moment to remind walkers that the long closure of Alum Chine’s suspension bridge in the Sandbanks-Bournemouth Pier section is…
Bob Wilson enthuses about Hengistbury Head
Former footballer and BBC sports commentator Bob Wilson has described Hengistbury Head as his favourite place “just ahead of Bermuda”. “Hengistbury…embodies the magic of the…
West Cliff path re-opens
The West Cliff path leading down to Bournemouth’s Pier Approach has re-opened following the Labour Party Conference. During the last six days, the Highcliff Hotel…
Bournemouth Conference diversion
The exclusion zone around the Labour Party Conference on Bournemouth’s West Cliff is now in force. The site embraces the Bournemouth International Centre and the…
Alum Chine Bridge
In Bournemouth the long suspension bridge spanning Alum Chine is closed and it looks as if repair work may take some time. But there is…