The South West Coast Path Association is leading the way in marketing the region as a top tourism destination to overseas visitors, thanks to funding for a project to make it easier to book a walking holiday. Discover England’s South West Coast Path, is one of a number of projects across the country to benefit…
Over 50 businesses have signed up to take part in a simple scheme which aims to reduce the number of single use plastic bottles being littered in our streets, green spaces and beaches. How? Simply by offering free tapwater refills to their customers. Participating businesses have opened their doors to anyone wanting to have their…
It was a nightmare scenario – the Napoli; a huge container ship heading down the English Channel is severely damaged in a storm and forced to come ashore on Dorset’s famous Jurassic Coast – a World Heritage Coastline. The prospect doesn’t bear thinking about! But that’s exactly what happened on January 20, 2007 in a…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering the public a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name a newly recommended Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in Dorset, 30km south of Bournemouth, in Dorset. This offshore area is being put forward by Natural England for consideration in Tranche 3 of the MCZ process, which will take place later this year.…