This weekend Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October is the last one for visiting Highcliffe Castle until March next year. During the winter there will…
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.
Russell-Cotes free admission weekend
As part of the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival there is free admission to The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum this weekend. Open free…
John Liddell exhibition
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum on the coast path near the start of the East Cliff is a good stop for food and a…
Walking the coast is popular
The Bournemouth-based The National Coastal Tourism Academy latest report finds that coastal walking is popular. The survey for Perceptions of the English Coast: Identifying Opportunities…
Bournemouth Air Festival
Bournemouth’s annual air show on the coast starts on Thursday 31 August and runs to Sunday. The big attraction is always the Red Arrows which…
Eustace Nash exhibition at Russell-Cotes
A room at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery is this month devoted to the Bournemouth artist and illustrator Eustace Nash (1886 –1969) who knew the coast…
Buses back at Hengistbury Head
A 1950 double decker Bournemouth Corporation Bus, an early Yellow Bus, is running from Bournemouth Station (Travel Interchange) to Hengistbury Head on two August Sundays. On…
Highcliffe Castle work starts
Further restoration work on Highcliffe Castle begins today. At first the library and the ante-library, where the Kaiser have his famous Telegraph interview, will be…
Centenary of first WW1 memorial
The war memorial at Barton-Sea was dedicated a hundred years ago today. The ceremony took place Tuesday 10 July 1917 outside the clifftop Barton Court…
Highcliffe Castle cafe reopens
Highcliffe Castle tea rooms has reopened and is rebranded Castle Kitchen. Christchurch Council declined to renew Sean Kearney’s contract and, despite huge local opposition, has…