A dance inspired by Dorset and East Devon’s Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site will open this year’s Lyme Regis Fossil Festival on April 29th to mark the South West’s celebration of UNESCO World Dance Day. Desert Crossings is a journey of discovery, reflecting on the similarities between the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and the…
The Jurassic Journey touring show was launched at Lyme Regis’ iconic Marine Theatre on Thursday 10th February, in a special joint Artsreach and Villages in Action event featuring all the artists involved in the project. Showcasing award-winning photographer Ben Osborne‘s extraordinary photography and film footage of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Jurassic Journey is…
Two new Jurassic Coast books are to be published by the Jurassic Coast Trust in May and August this year, the titles are ‘The Jurassic Coast, An Aerial Journey through Time’ and ‘Geology of the Jurassic Coast, The Isle of Purbeck’. The Jurassic Coast An Aerial Journey through Time ISBN: 978-1-907701-02-3 Written by Robert Westwood…
Seventy students from seven secondary schools along the Jurassic Coast came together to showcase their findings of a year long research project at a high profile conference on March 11th at Kingston Maurward. Parents, local community members, councillors and representatives from various organisations were members of the 130 strong audience. The pupils had the opportunity of…
Over the last year, Dorset and East Devon museums have benefited from a substantial Heritage Lottery Fund grant which has placed spectacular, locally-discovered fossils in local museums for the benefit of residents and visitors. The initiative, called Jurassic Life, will help to open up the incredible stories of the Jurassic Coast through new exciting displays…
In the summer of 2010, Dianne Godden, the wife of Mark Godden, quarry manager for Albion Stone on Portland, noticed a strange brown pattern on the recently cleaved face of a huge block of Portland Stone. Little did she know that the find was that of a fossil turtle belonging to a genus known as…
Charmouth beach is due to have a new Olympic, award-winning footbridge by Easter. Artists Sans façon led on the design alongside Dorset County Council engineers, thanks to a grant from the Arts Council England. The Charmouth footbridge is a real team effort, bringing together the Dorset County Council arts team, Dorset Engineering Consultancy, Dorset Countryside…
Able, Gifted and Talented Geography pupils from selected schools across the Jurassic Coast have chosen a stretch of coastline to undertake a year long research project, investigating four main questions: Why is the coast special to me? How is the coast currently being managed? What are the challenges that communities face with coastal change? What opportunities…