A Grade II listed seven-bedroom home that has access to a private beach has gone on the market for £1million. Peek House is a grand home on the 350-acre Rousdon Estate, an enclave of 104 homes where a group of freeholders own the mile-long Charton Beach in Charmouth, Dorset. The house sits 500ft above the beach … Read more
Private girls’ school in Dorset once attended by Camilla’s daughter plunges into administration and closes with immediate effect after deal with Chinese investors collapses Boarding and day school also said it faced ‘considerable challenges’ in pandemic School for pupils aged nine to 18 closed with immediate effect on Wednesday Board of governors said 40 parties … Read more
Farmers have proposed a radical plan to return an area the size of Dorset to nature and reintroduce beavers, lynxes and pelicans to the British countryside. WildEast aims to dedicate some 250,000 hectares of East Anglia — Britain’s most intensely farmed region — to wildlife over the next five decades. The charity — which advocates … Read more
Britain’s ‘most expensive beach hut’ has sold after receiving offers of £330,000 following an intense bidding war. The wooden cabin at Mudeford Spit in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, was listed for sale for the same asking price as a five bedroom detached house in Hull last Friday. Since then four potential buyers put in offers on … Read more
Britain concreted over green fields equivalent to the size of Dorset in the past 25 years, satellite analysis shows Britain concreted over green fields equivalent to Dorset in the past 25 years There was a significant reduction in land for farming crops in East Anglia The analysis was made by the UK Centre of Ecology … Read more
The man who became known as B-P and is behind the Scout movement – which now has 54 million members around the world – was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell in London on February 22, 1857. The son of an Oxford University professor, B-P got his early education from his mother, but he later won … Read more
Rare ‘night-shining’ clouds give a 12th century church ‘a ghostly glow’ with electric blue and sliver streaks in the night sky over England A photographer snapped a stunning image of ‘night-shining’ in England Formally known as noctilucent clouds, the form in the upper most atmosphere The image was captured around 2am at the Knowlton Church … Read more
Rare ‘night-shining’ clouds give a 12th century church ‘a ghostly glow’ with electric blue and sliver streaks in the night sky over England A photographer snapped a stunning image of ‘night-shining’ in England Formally known as noctilucent clouds, the form in the upper most atmosphere The image was captured around 2am at the Knowlton Church in … Read more
Heart-warming moment hundreds of villagers line street to give guard of honour to beloved GP as she retires after 31 years at the same practice Dr Annie Linley-Adams retired from local practice in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset The GP was much loved in the area for her caring nature in doing her job Villagers were unable to … Read more
Army cadet, 14, reveals he’s sleeping in a bomb shelter for FOUR MONTHS to raise money for the Air Ambulance – after being inspired to build it himself by VE Day celebrations Ben Hall, 14, from Dorset, raising money for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance At the start of lockdown Ben and family built an Anderson … Read more