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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Ringstead Bay can be reached either along the coastal footpath from the east or via the minor road from the A353 east of Osmington. Parking is possible at the National Trust car park above Ringstead Bay and at the beach shop and café at Ringstead itself. Above the eastern part of Ringtead Bay is Burning...
Bournemouth beach has been ranked among the best 25 beaches in the world, according to Tripadvisor's Travellers Choice awards. The 2021 awards, revealed on Tuesday, rated Bournemouth as having the fifth best beach in Europe - and 20th best in the world.It was beaten to the top by the likes...
EUROPE’S first innovative beach check app developed to help beach-goers check busy beaches following a surge in visitors last summer is set to go national after being backed by central government. Launched in July last year by BCP Council to help beach-goers comply with social distancing after visitors flocked to the coast in their thousands, the BCPBeachCheck app has now become Beach Check...
BCP Council and New Forest District Council are encouraging people to have their say on the proposed leading options to manage coastal flood and erosion risk, from Hengistbury Head Long Groyne to Hurst Spit, encompassing Christchurch Harbour. The Christchurch Bay and Harbour- Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Strategy...
Following the taking of a Nigerian oil tanker by 'stowaways' earlier today, Special Boat Services from Poole have now re taken it peacefully. Seven people have been detained following a security incident on an oil tanker off the Isle of Wight. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) tweeted that according to "initial...
This guide has been written for the use of members of the general public who are interested in the landscape and underlying geology when walking. This walk crosses the northern side (limb) of the Weymouth Anticline, a dome shaped fold which extends across south Dorset (Weyland – the area south...
Bournemouth Borough Council spent just £5,718 fighting Corallian’s Colter Prospect oil appraisal well in Poole Bay, but spent over eleven times as much opposing a local wind farm proposal in the same bay – but over twice the distance from the shoreline. The figures were revealed through a Freedom of...
A little over four months on since the footage of pollution in Blue Planet II shocked the nation, the fight against plastic continues on Bournemouth and Poole beaches. Bass and Mackerel, as well as other local marine life are now two of the 600 marine species whose lives are directly...
UR beloved beautiful Bournemouth beach has been named the UK’s most Family Friendly Destination for 2020. The national contest, run by HomeAway, saw votes from more than 3,000 members of the British public in their online competition in June. Bournemouth received 30 per cent of the votes for the seaside category, beating off competition...
Seven depleted beach areas from Southbourne to Poole will be renourished with sand and beach material from February 2021 as part of the Poole Bay Beach Management Scheme which is designed to make the coastline more climate resilient. By 2 February contractors Boskalis Westminster Ltd. anticipate the Dutch dredger 'Willem...