Sandbanks Ferry, which links the Dorset Coast Path to the Bournemouth Coast Path, will be out of action from Monday 23 October to Sunday 19…
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.
Minister discusses New Forest coastal issues
Barry Gardiner MP, Minister for Biodiversity, Landscapes and Rural Affairs, discussed the Solent coastline when he visited the New Forest to mark its designation as…
Coast Path closed for Tory Conference
A stretch of the Bournemouth Coast Path has been closed for the Conservative Party Conference. The sloping clifftop path running from the Highcliff Hotel down…
Historic Mudeford beach paintings found
INSERT_MAP An exhibition at Mompesson House in Salisbury gives a glimpse of the Mudeford coast during Queen Victoria’s reign. ‘A Century in a Suitcase’ is…
Oswald Bailey’s centenary
Near the start of the Bournemouth Coast Path is Poole Head which is the beginning of the seven mile long Poole Bay cliff. The first…
Mudeford Spit huts for sale
Three beach huts on Mudeford’s Sandspit have gone on sale with a £80,000 price guide. The huts are just inside the Christchurch borough boundary where…
New status for Stanpit coast path
Fisherman’s Bank, part of the winter route for the Southbourne-Mudeford section of the coast path, has been designated as open access land under the new…
Swanage Museum moves to seafront
Swanage Museum has moved into a seafront building after having to vacate the 17th-century Tithe Barn which was in a poor state of repair. The…
England’s newest National Park Authority opens
The New Forest National Park Authority takes up its full duties on 1 April 2006. Lindsay Cornish, the Chief Executive, said: “From 1 April the…
Studland Bay is set to change as beach moves
Environment Minister Elliot Morley chose Studland Bay as the most appropriate place to launch the government’s new guidance on shoreline management plans. The Dorset Coast…