Colin Bentley is working on a three-year art project in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. In the latest of his monthly blogs, Colin shares his experiences creating artwork with the help of the Trust’s local Ambassadors. It’s been a busy and very exciting month working on the Jurassic Coast Art Project. I’ve started some…
Holidaymakers at one of Dorset’s largest holiday park operators have raised over £50,000 for the Jurassic Coast Trust since 2008, making a massive contribution towards looking after and helping people to understand England’s natural World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast. West Dorset Leisure Holidays’ customers can make a small optional donation of £1 or less when…
A pair of Jurassic Fantastic events, The Jurassic Egg Hunt and Roarsome Dino Day, are coming to Weymouth this Easter holidays. The Jurassic Egg hunt will begin on April 8 and finish on April 23. Young explorers can hunt for clues scattered around Weymouth town in the hopes of finding Jurassic Dino Eggs. A mysterious riddle can…
The Dorset and East Devon Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) fund launched at the Crab House Café in Weymouth on Monday 13th March. This £800,000 investment in the Fisheries Industry from Swanage through to Beer will see local representatives from the fishing, aquaculture and related industries help develop projects which boost the local economy. Joe…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is looking to our local communities for some new Trustees to help set and realise the vision for the Jurassic Coast for the future. Inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in December 2001 for its globally important rocks, fossil and coastal landforms, the World Heritage designation and Jurassic Coast…
Spring 2017 will mark the start of a new Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Project for Exmouth. The rendered back wall of the Ocean building on Queens Drive will be transformed by Exmouth Arts Group into scenes depicting the geological epochs of time represented by the World Heritage Site. The Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods will…