Bournemouth Air Festival 2018
Talks between the business community and BCP Council to explore the future of Bournemouth Air Festival have been making progress over the last month. Significant financial pressures on the council means that BCP Council’s Three Towns Alliance leadership must look at new ways of sustainably financing the free event in future. A decision to form […]
In pictures – Camp Bestival Dorset 2023 at Lulworth Castle
Returning to Lulworth Castle for its 15th birthday, the UK’s favourite family festival, Camp Bestival Dorset delivered an array of incredible acts, standout moments aboard HMS Camp Bestival and epic celebrations across four magical days. From brilliant sunshine to traditional English showers, the change in weather didn’t dampen the birthday bash as festival goers embraced […]
RSPB Arne is the first super national nature reserve and is a beautiful place to visit all year round. It’s a mixture of coast, heathland and woodland and a great place to go to see a variety of wildlife. It’s a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSi), a Special Protection Area (SAP) and a Special […]
With an English ash writing desk inspired by Monty Don’s potting bench, shelves for well-thumbed garden books and an armchair for that all-important afternoon nap, the latest design from Dorset hutmakers Plankbridge evokes the heady, bucolic atmosphere of the Victorian bothy but with all the comforts of the modern age. Created in collaboration with the […]
Primary school children could be in with the chance of meeting the Red Arrows at the Bournemouth Air Festival by designing their own paper aeroplane. The competition aims to inspire the next generation of children in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole into STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Maths). All primary schools that enter will be invited […]
Celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and The Queen Consort with live screenings, music and street parties on the second May Bank Holiday and soak up the vibrant atmosphere across three towns. On Saturday 6 May, The Coronation Ceremony conducted by The Archbishop of Canterbury from Westminster Abbey, will be broadcast on big screens […]
BBC TV gardening presenter, Frances Tophill, has presented awards to design teams and horticulture students behind some show-stopping gardens and displays at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu. The Spring Fair’s first ever inter-horticultural college competition was won by students from Kingston Maurward College in Dorset. The college team won Best College Garden […]
The Mary Anning Space to Learn Garden by Julie and Andrew Haylock is inspired by the famous fossil hunter Mary Anning, from Lyme Regis. Born into poverty, Mary’s gender, standing in society and lack of formal education was a barrier to her being fully credited for her geological discoveries that would provide important evidence of […]
