The holidays are finally here! Start as you mean to go on by walking in the footsteps of giants… The Jurassic Coast, a magnificent playground for big and small imaginations alike; where ‘Jurassic World’ really did exist (well, sort of!) and today we still find evidence of the life before us. Disappointingly, we don’t find…
For the last 3 nights, the BBC4 programme ‘Beach Live- The Jurassic Coast Revealed‘ has brought a glimpse of the hidden treasures and diversity of our Coastline into the nations homes. With its rocks and fossils, it uncovers detailed stories from Earth’s ancient past. The layers of sedimentary rock along the Jurassic Coast can be…
Sarah Acton is the Jurassic Coast’s poet-in-residence. She is exploring the poetry of East Devon and West Dorset as part of a residency spanning the Jurassic Coastline, taking inspiration from natural landmarks and earth history, and working with local museums, schools, and other organisations along the way to create a body of site-specific poetry. Actively…
The East Devon village of Beer, with its magnificent white cliffs (the last in England going west), is a classic example of where geology has impacted on the life, culture and history of its inhabitants. Beer Head, formed from Late Cretaceous chalk, is harder than the surrounding red Triassic cliffs of East Devon. This resistance…
Time is Money… and a whole lot more! They say that time is money, but on the Jurassic Coast it can be a lot more than that. With a handy six million years you can end up with an iconic building stone, a beguiling petrified forest, a persistent geological mystery and a fossil treasure trove.…
Inspired by what you can find on the Jurassic Coast after watching BBC4 Beach Live The Jurassic Coast Revealed? Well, let’s talk about fossils from the sea found here on our coast- for example this near-perfect brittle star which comes from the ‘Starfish Bed’ between Eype and Seatown ( also known as Palaeocoma egertoni). Hundreds of…
The Jurassic Coast Trust are truly excited to be involved with the BBC4 Programme ‘Beach Live -Jurassic Coast Revealed’ series, which is being broadcast from the Jurassic Coast this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 8pm! In this live three-part series, historian Dan Snow and natural history experts Lucy Cooke and Niall Strawson aim to open our eyes…
Do you fancy a free long weekend’s holiday on the Jurassic Coast? We’re delighted to be teaming up with West Dorset Leisure Holidays to offer one lucky couple or family a three-night stay in a Premier Camping Pod at Highlands End Holiday Park near Bridport! To be in with a chance to win, tell us…