The Jurassic Coast Trust is developing a new digital platform to inspire visitors with the area’s extraordinary World Heritage coastline and to promote sustainable tourism. Partnering with Simpleview, one of the world’s leading digital tourism service providers, the new platform will enable visitors to explore and discover the coast and to book accommodation and attractions…
The Jurassic Coast Trust move forward plans to investigate the feasibility of new facility dedicated to the World Heritage Site and its exceptional fossil record. You may remember back in the summer of 2021, JCT publicised our commitment to achieving long-term security of important fossil collections from the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site; we…
Lyme Regis Museum on the Dorset coast is celebrating the life and work of one the town’s most famous daughters, Mary Anning, with a rarely seen portrait of the renowned palaeontologist, an exhibition featuring one of her rare ichthyosaurs and a stunning newly discovered genus and species of extinct marine ‘crocodile’ found by two local…
The Jurassic Coast Trust (JCT) have undertaken an annual review of the key priorities identified in the 2020-2025 World Heritage Site Partnership Plan (the Plan) and are pleased to share positive progress in over 75% of the objectives to date. The Plan, which sets out objectives to achieve the identification, conservation and sustainability of the…
An exciting new fossil exhibition is opening this month at Sidmouth Museum, showcasing rare and globally important specimens collected from East Devon’s famous red rocks. The exhibition is a collaboration between the museum and the Jurassic Coast Trust, and comes as part of a series of exhibitions across Devon and Dorset that celebrate the 20th…
As a prelude to the re-launching of a very modified and updated Exmouth Dinosaur Trail, the Town Team (who have responsibility for this) organised an evening talk on 17 March 2022 to invited quests from the local community. Those attending included councillors and representatives of educational institutions. The idea was to enhance the understanding of…
The Jurassic Coast is a 95-mile stretch along the south coast of England. With its stunning scenery and breath-taking views, there is no better place for you to unwind. And that’s not all – there is plenty to do too. One of the bonuses of a trip to the Jurassic Coast is the fact that…
The Jurassic Coast’s westernmost point has been busy in the last couple of months, with Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassadors working closely with the Exmouth Town Team to inspire the community with epic stories of fossils and dinosaurs. In February, Ambassador Chris Woodward was invited to speak to the 5th Exmouth Sea Scouts about the Jurassic…
On Tuesday March 15th, the Jurassic Coast Trust are teaming up with The Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis for a special evening celebrating the Jurassic Coast, as part of celebrations to mark the twentieth anniversary of the World Heritage Site’s inauguration. Sarah Ayton OBE, Double Olympic Sailing Champion and Rolex World Sailor of…