Some of you may have noticed a new feature on the Weymouth Skyline. The 165ft high Weymouth Sealife Tower, created by Entertainments giants Merlin, has started to show the Jurassic Coast, Weymouth and Portland off to its passengers from a whole new perspective. The Tower is a fairly simple concept; you go up 53m in…
After about ten years of planning and hard work, July 21st will see the long-awaited re-opening of the refurbished and extended Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre. Having been completed just in time for the Olympics, the expanded centre will have a temporary exhibition over the summer months focusing on a marine theme. Dorset Wildlife Trust…
We are very excited to announce that this year’s Jurassic Coast Award, sponsored by the Fine Family Foundation, will be a photography competition. The Award, which will be judged by a panel led by award winning photographer Ben Osborne, will be looking for photos taken of the World Heritage Site, and that fall into three…
We’ve just produced a brand new leaflet that is particularly user friendly, to help people travel around the Jurassic Coast using public transport, footpaths, cycle routes and boats. Colour coded bus routes are featured on the map with service information including frequencies, listed on a corresponding table. There is also a quick reference ‘Which bus do I…
We are on our way to planning our next Creative Coast Forum event in partnership with the University of Exeter: Arts, Science and Environment. It will be held on September 10th at the University of Exeter, and will pose the question ‘how can artists and scientists work together to improve the management of naturally designated…
Ten young ambassadors for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site joined Olympic torch runner Lisa Devine at Durdle Door on Friday 13th July for a very special photoshoot. The children from Lulworth and Winfrith First School in Dorset were very excited and felt extremely special to be chosen for such an opportunity. Aged between seven…