Author Archives: Leigh Hatts

There is another warning to stay away from the coast today. The Echo has  a round up of flood and coast news. Tomorrow, Sunday 2 February which is Candlemas and the ‘start of Spring’, should be dry and bright.

Rain and wind did not come as early as predicted on Friday morning but high tide has already caused problems. The junction of Haven Road with Shore Road, by the start of Banks Road. Sandbanks just avoided becoming an island. … Continue reading →

With a storm approaching from the west it’s important to say that Friday 3 January is not the day to walk all sections of the Bournemouth Coast Path. High tide is at 10am in Poole Bay so it would be … Continue reading →

The promotors of the controversial Navitus Bay windfarm off Bournemouth’s coast are holding informal drop-in sessions to enable people meet the project team. Its application for planning consent will be submitted this year. Some of the venues are: Tuesday 21 … Continue reading →

The new Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre has opened temporarily for the holiday and will continue to be open daily until Sunday 5 January. It will open permanently in February when the shop and other works have been completed.

There was a landslip at Southbourne on Saturday night. The Echo has a video.

The Marine on the seafront at Milford-on-Sea has a new general manager. Stephen Caunter from Bournemouth, who co-founded the Lord Bute restaurant at Highcliffe Castle’s gateway, is now at The Marine. The restaurant, on the coast path at the start … Continue reading →

The new edition of the Ordnance Survey Explorer map for Bournemouth includes the Bournemouth Coast Path. The New Forest: Southampton, Ringwood, Ferndown, Lymington, Christchurch & Bournemouth Explorer map OL22 2013 edition is published this month. This is a major step … Continue reading →

The new Visitor Centre at Hengistbury Head will open this year. The summer date was missed despite some late evening work in the summer. The first for the public to see inside is now to be Saturday 14 December.

The cliff top coastguard training centre at Steamer Point is due to close and be replaced by housing. The site was a radar station from 1948 to 1980 when the Signals Research and Development Establishment, or SRDE, was developing radar. … Continue reading →