Elements of the Jurassic Coast interactive CD (still on sale at Visitor Centres along the coast) have now been compressed into a unique iPhone Jurassic Coast app, free to download from the app store. So now you can ‘Take a Walk Through Time’ from the palm of your hand…imagine having 185 million years of Earth…
The official Jurassic Coast website remained a firm favorite with its global audience during 2009 – clocking up an astonishing 11.3 million hits. Just to track the statistics since going live, in 2007 a total 385,277 visits (daily average 1055) increased to 416,644 visits in 2008 (daily average (1141). 2009 has now exceeded both these…
During Autumn 2009 the eyes of the world turned towards the Jurassic Coast when the discovery of a fossilised pliosaur skull, a massive marine reptile was announced. The story was covered by British television, radio and newspapers and also generated a huge amount of interest all over the globe from Brazil to Hungary, from Canada…
In March 2009, thanks to support from the Fine Family Foundation, gigapan was introduced to the Dorset coast. Gigapan is a panoramic camera system like no other! Rather than simply taking a series of say 6 wide angle shots of a view, gigapan will take 60 or 80 or even a lot more, with the…
A seminar was held in November at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy to launch a new study looking at the opportunities for seaborne transport along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset and East Devon, and for wider links with Torbay and the Bournemouth- Poole- Christchurch conurbations. A seminar was held in November at the…
The South West of England’s four unique UNESCO World Heritage Sites have been brought together by a new website, making them even more accessible to everyone. The World Heritage South West site (https://www.worldheritagesouthwest.org.uk ) has been developed in partnership by the coordinators of the four UNESCO sites in the region: the City of Bath, the…
It was a privilege to be asked to speak at a recent conference in Germany, to celebrate the inscription of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. I gave an in-depth presentation about the Jurassic Coast, and covered many best-case examples of how we work closely to the principles of sustainable tourism. Taking part in a…
The annual series of guided walks ‘Rock Around the Coast’ was a great success this year. There were more walkers, more leaders and more miles than in any of the previous years that Rock Around the Coast has run. Every Saturday over fourteen weeks, a relay of experienced guides with a variety of expertise each…
The Jurassic Coast has a new range of exciting and innovative educational resources which can be downloaded for free at Educational Resources. Our resources mainly focus on Geography, Citizenship and Science to encourage an appreciation of the values of the Jurassic Coast in the context of World Heritage. To start, why not try the resources…