Well Trodden Wrong Ways – a new art exhibition exploring East Devon’s Jurassic Coast By Emma Molony, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton The Jurassic Coast is 95 miles of evidence of 185 million years of the Earth’s history. Its path is trodden by 22 million visitors each year. Through sculpture, film, photography and drawing, artist Jo…
Exmouth’s new Tourist Information Service held an official launch party on Wednesday 21 August 2019 to celebrate the opening of its new premises in The Strand. Based at AJ’s Taxis just around the corner since May 2015, the Tourist Information Service has recently moved to dedicated premises at 45a The Strand, in the centre of…
In the lead up to Run Jurassic, we are featuring a series of interviews from some of our amazing Jurassic Coast Trust fundraisers. These people are running the various Run Jurassic races in order to help the Jurassic Coast Trust in our mission to protect and promote our incredible World Heritage Site. We hope you…
Blog by Siobhan Lancaster of Sitting Spiritually Sitting Spiritually of Lyme Regis were delighted to become Business Partners of the Jurassic Coast Trust in early 2019. As the Trust’s Guy Kerr wrote about us then: Sitting Spiritually are our first Business Partner of their kind – a truly unique, locally based company who evidently put all…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is seeking public input into a new Partnership Plan, which will guide management of the World Heritage Site over the next five years. The new Partnership Plan will take in conservation and preservation of the Site, how the Site impacts on the local economy, and how the Site can play an…
The last weekend of September will see the launch of a brand new Jurassic Coast running event – Run Jurassic. Organised by White Star Running in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust, the three-day event aims to be the “official” Jurassic Coast Running Festival, with a percentage of income from the event supporting the Trust’s…
An interview with Anthea Simmons, author of Lightning Mary With a Hollywood film on Mary Anning in the making, the Mary Anning Rocks campaign to build a statue in Lyme Regis and the nomination to see her face on the £50 note, the pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector could be about to get the recognition…
Construction work has recently begun to rebuild the steps leading to the Fossil Forest on the Jurassic Coast. This globally important site, part of the Lulworth Estate, is located to the east of Lulworth Cove, and shows evidence of a forest which grew there around 145 million years ago. Strange rounded shapes known as ‘algal…