Jurassic Coast Trust collects ‘Outstanding Contribution to Tourism’ award for being part of the team that brought ‘Dippy to Dorset’! The Jurassic Coast Trust are delighted to be part of the team that brought ‘Dippy to Dorset’ and who took the accolade of ‘Outstanding Contribution to Tourism’ award which was announced at the Dorset Tourism…
On Tuesday 23rd October, the Jurassic Coast Trust welcomed award-winning journalist Kate Adie CBE to Symondsbury Tithe Barn for an evening of exploring the stories from the Jurassic Coast that resonate most strongly in the 21st century. Kate spoke passionately about what our outstanding World Heritage coastline means to her, before handing over to the…
Jurassic Coast Trust celebrates success in bid for coastal volunteering! The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have today announced the successful coastal projects who will receive a share of fast-track Coastal Communities funds to help deliver sustainable growth and jobs across the Great British Coast. One of these awards is a grant of…
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…
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…
Here at JCT HQ, we are very excited to be able to finally tell you about our new and exciting Membership Scheme which we are launching TODAY! No doubt, as supporters of the Jurassic Coast Trust with a passion for conserving and maintaining our spectacular natural World Heritage Site, you would love to be one…
If you pick up a copy of the current Dorset Magazine, you will see that our very own Programme Manager, Sam Scriven has shared thrilling tales of Dorset dinosaurs and reveals what this coastline looked like millions of years ago with the help of paleoartist Dr Mark Witton. Stretching 95 miles along the Dorset and…