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…
Seventeen members of the Society for Vertebrate Palaeontology visited the coast for a field trip prior to the Societies annual meeting hosted by Bristol University. The group consisted of palaeontologists from the South Korea, the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany and Norway. Their interests ranged from marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs and turtles, to…