Communities on the Jurassic Coast are being asked to share their memories of our shifting shores to help us better understand and adapt to future changes. The Dorset and East Devon Coastal Change Pathfinder Project team wants people to send photographs, records and stories of past events such as big storms that have led to…
The Jurassic Coast has recently featured in two international publications covering best practice in visitor management in protected landscapes. The World Travel and Tourism Council website has a new Best Practice Gateway and requested the Jurassic Coast to be one of the high profile case studies featured. The World Heritage Site also features in a…
The huge pliosaur skull acquired under the Collecting Cultures Jurassic Life bid is now in Sevenoaks, Kent where it is being prepared (cleaned) by Scott Moore-Fay. Scott is an experienced and professional fossil preparator, who worked for many years at the Natural History Museum preparation lab, deep in the basement. It is a massive job…
The Jurassic Coast Creative Coast Group and Exeter University are pleased to announce the successful candidate for the first PhD studentship in our collaborative AHRC funded research project. The field of potential candidates was of exceptionally high quality, and following interviews and much deliberation we have invited local arts practitioner Jon Croose to take up…
The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, once again, was a big hit. Roughly 14,000 people visited the festival over the three days participating in events and activities run by the large variety of exhibitors including the Natural History Museum, Natural England and the Jurassic Coast Team as well as local artists and performers. There was lots…
Due to popular demand, the East Devon ‘travelling around the Jurassic Coast by bus, foot, bike, train and boat’ leaflet, is back for the summer. Now with even more services to choose from, it promises to be a great season for people using the bus – and this leaflet will make it easier for everyone,…
Our website continues to attract a huge audience – with average daily visits well above 1500 – and we are continually striving to improve and further develop its functionality, always with the ‘virtual visitor’ in mind. Here’s a quick rundown of some areas we’ve been working on recently: Visiting the Coast We have made it…
In May, the Trust – through Coastal Publishing – is publishing two ‘walks books with a difference’ which cover the entire Jurassic Coast in two volumes: ‘Walking the East Jurassic Coast’ and ‘Walking the West Jurassic Coast’ The reason these books are different is that the walks are based on the geology and important scientific…
More local businesses are supporting Jurassic Coast projects by joining the Jurassic Coast Trust’s ‘Investing in the Future’ scheme. This scheme is where the business encourages visitors to make a donation to the Trust and all money raised goes towards projects which help educate people about this World Heritage Site, and help conserve it for…