Several clifftop gardens are opening this summer as part of the National Gardens Scheme. One belongs to a house in Cassel Avenue where the garden…
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 IMAX problem on TV
The continuing row about the future of the IMAX cinema building on Bournemouth seafront will be featured on BBC1’s Inside Out programme to be shown…
New stone marker for Purbeck coast
Plans have been approved by the National Trust to erect a Portland stone monument near Old Harry Rocks marking the eastern end of the World…
Rubbish concern
Lecturer and expedition leader Russell Thompson of Swanage filled three plastic rubbish bags with discarded dog mess bags, cans and wrappers on one winter day…
Chewton Bunny quicksands
A female, who became stuck knee deep in the sand on the beach at Chewton Bunny, used her mobile phone to call the emergency services….
Castle award
Highcliffe Castle has been voted the top visitor attraction by tourists to the Bournemouth area. The Bournecoast Award comes just weeks after the it was…
Queue for Avon Beach huts
Nationwide press coverage of the the couple queuing for a beach hut during the Christmas holiday showed Avon Beach near Mudeford looking attractive in the…
Solent Way change
The Solent Way now runs even closer to the coast between Keyhaven and Lymington. Just after passing in front of Creek Cottage at Moses Dock,…
Bournemouth’s ugly building
The IMAX cinema building next to Bournemouth Pier has been voted the second ugliest in Britain. The new edition of the Bournemouth Coast Path guide…
Highcliffe: New cafe plan
The Crow’s Nest cafe, above Chewton Bunny and at the end of Highcliffe, was destroyed by fire in 1990. Now yet another design for the…