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…
This is the first in an ongoing series of blogs by Colin Bentley, who will be creating the Jurassic Coast Art Project over the next three years, in close collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. The sea has always been a major part of my life, and painting the coastline is an important aspect of my…
Anyone who’s ever been to the Netherlands will have been hit by one overwhelming impression: boy is that country flat! You can often see for miles and miles, with rows of trees providing the odd ‘break’ in the landscape. And although the country has almost 300 miles of coast, because the Netherlands effectively formed itself…
Scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) and University of Southampton have published a seamless onshore-offshore bedrock geology map of the eastern half of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. This is the first time a map of this resolution has been published for the seabed in this area, and it will undoubtedly play an…
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…