The Jurassic Coast teamed up with the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) over the weekend, solving the crimes of delinquent dinosaurs at Camp Bestival! The actions of these terrible lizards were covered by hordes of excited kids and some great music, leaving only a crime scene at the edge of the ‘Dingly Dell’ forest. It was…
I had the opportunity last weekend to travel out of Dorset to the smoke and attend the 4th annual Geoscience Education Academy at the Geological Society offices in Piccadilly, London. The Academy which ran from Friday 26th July to Sunday 27th July is aimed at Secondary teachers with a specialism in Science, Geography and Geology. I…
Quick entry this one… I have just noticed that Conor Burns MP has an adjournment debate in Parliament on Wednesday entitled “Navitus Bay Wind Farm and UNESCO”. I have no more details, but happy to post them if I get any. If you are interested, it may be worth watching. If you want to find…
Quite a lot, so it would seem…. Over the last 13 years since the Dorset and East Devon Coast was designated a World Heritage Site, and the Jurassic Coast brand was born, an increasing number of people have started to use the name for a marketing advantage. Of course, the Estate Agents were first, closely…
As part of our J-Post newsletter – published on the Jurassic Coast Website – we include a short written feature called Sedimental. These are intended to be thoughtful and sometimes personal perspectives on a variety of stories connected with the World Heritage Site, authored by staff, volunteers, and partners. We will be including them as…
We are pretty chuffed with the news that the Jurassic Coast Trust has received a grant of £68,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Growing the Jurassic Coast Community project. Since achieving World Heritage Site status, our main aim as a Team is to help communities across the 95 miles of coast engage…
You know what they say, second time lucky, well, after only two posts, we have re-launched our blog as https://jurassiccoast.link/category/blog/ so as to use the name Jurassic Coast Blog instead of Jurassic Coast Team. Lets see how this one goes! Please do follow us if you are interested – it isn’t quite “Parks and Recreation”…
We have LOTS of enquiries about work experience with our team. It’s not what you imagine (ie. wind blowing through our hair whilst we find the fossils of a lifetime…well maybe it is for Richard Edmonds who does spend a lot of his time checking that the rocks are ok). In fact for most of…
Our third pondering on the meanings and values that surround our rocky earth heritage comes from one of our Jurassic Coast PhD students, Rose Ferraby. She has spent a great deal of time researching the quarries along the coast, the people who work in them and the various ways that we all relate to stone.…