Further to our news last week where we advised that we are working with members of World Heritage UK (WHUK) to start to address barriers to heritage, we are delighted that so many people have shown an interest in this work. We recognise this is a real issue, highlighted in the government’s 2018 Glover Review…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is leading a partnership with members of World Heritage UK to influence and shape changes to make all visitors feel welcome when visiting Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites. There are 32 World Heritage Sites in the UK, all with individual characteristics and with rich stories to tell. Every Site aims…
As enormous three-toed, meat-eating dinosaurs roamed a shallow swamp environment around what is now Swanage, preying upon large plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs, around 140 million years ago, they left traces of their existence. These dinosaur footprints were left by members of the Megalosauridae family (likely Megalosaur) during a period known as the Lower Cretaceous. Ambassador Kieran…
Local company and Jurassic Coast Business Partner Cumulus Outdoors is supporting Dorset Council by helping children and young people to enjoy a happy and healthy summer, with a programme of exciting things to do and nutritious meals. Summer in Dorset is an initiative designed to bring high-quality, accessible and affordable holiday activities to families in…
As much as we may want to, the summer of 2020 was a period not to forget here on the Lulworth Estate. Scenes of mass littering, images of graffiti, dramatic helicopter rescues and packed beaches headlined social media stories and gained national attention of the press. Our actions to combat this were understandably reactionary, as…
The Jurassic Coast Trust has secured funding from the John Ellerman Foundation’s Museums and Galleries Fund to deliver the exciting next phase of the Jurassic Coast Collection. The funding will power the work of the Trust towards conserving the incredible fossils collected across the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, and engaging people with the extraordinary…
The Jurassic Coast has been chosen as one of seven Natural Wonders of the UK by experts at the Royal Geographical Society in partnership with outdoor brand Merrell. The 95-mile coastal World Heritage Site that extends from Exmouth in Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset was selected on the basis of its globally unique…
The Jurassic Coast Trust have announced the winner of our recent ‘Big Five Fossils’ competition – Julie Brinkley, an NHS nurse from London who is a passionate fossil lover and frequent visitor to the Jurassic Coast. Julie, who sports a pair of ammonite tattoos on her wrists, collected her prize this week from JCT headquarters…
At the end of March a six year old boy from Walsall in the Midlands made national news when he found a fossil in his garden. Siddak Singh Jhamat, known as Sid, said, “I was just digging for worms and things like pottery and bricks and I just came across this rock which looked a bit…