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A downloadable access guide and map, as well as a visual story tour, can be found on the Brownsea Island website. There is also a link to the AccessAble website for detailed accessibility information.
Spring is in the air and it’s the perfect time to spot red squirrels scampering through colourful leaves on the UK's Brownsea Island. The campsite is opening on 1 April, making this the ideal ...
The Brownsea Island website provides a downloadable access guide and map and a visual story tour of the island explaining what to expect from a visit. There is also a link to the AccessAble ...
Brownsea Island holds a special place in the hearts ... gloriously sunny weather doing some beach art – one group made a map of the island using the natural materials they found around them.
Every year thousands of people give up their free time to help with conservation and maintenance work on Brownsea Island. Whether it's manual work or guiding the tourists, without these volunteers ...
The National Trust has introduced a British Sign Language (BSL) trail on Brownsea Island. The self-guided tour takes visitors through the island’s history, from Henry VIII's fort to its various ...
Turn around and look at Poole and it seems miles away.” Once you have reached Brownsea Island, set spectacularly in the middle of Poole Harbour in Dorset, it will take just a short stroll to see ...
Many jobs come with a house attached, but in Justin Ruddle's case the job comes with its own island. We set sail across Poole Harbour to meet the warden of Brownsea Island. Justin Ruddle became ...
A tiny island community of 30 human beings and 250 red squirrels, a bird refuge and a playground for rich eccentrics... Sounds like some craggy Shetland outcrop, yet Brownsea Island is just a mile ...
Brownsea Island - heroically British We end up with Brownsea Island, home to Boy Scouts, red squirrels, the John Lewis Partnership and a cracking tea room. There is something so heroically British ...
Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour famously hosted Lord Baden Powell's inaugural Scout camp in 1907. It was also the location of a blooming daffodil industry in the early 1900s as well as a less ...