This is a re-production of an article from the July 2017 issue of our Go Jurassic! Rangers newsletter. It was written in response to the major rock fall at West Bay the previous month. Some of you may have seen or heard about the massive rock fall at West Bay last month. Here, our…
Colin Bentley is an East Devon-based fine artist working on a three-year art project in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. In the latest of his regular blogs, Colin writes of the inspiration, frustration and perspiration that goes into creating his artwork. Colin’s first Jurassic Coast art exhibition is at Kennaway House, Sidmouth, from 21 to…
The Jurassic Coast Trust is blessed with a superb cohort of Ambassadors in the Exmouth area. As well as assisting on the recently opened Jurassic Coast Mural in Exmouth, our team have been busy delivering outstanding public engagement at a couple of local events. Heath Week Festival Day – by Guy Kerr, Jurassic Coast Trust…
Jurassic Coast Ambassador Sarah Acton is the Jurassic Coast’s poet-in-residence, and her East Devon residency is being hosted by Beer Village Heritage in June, Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton in July, Exmouth Museum in August and Sidmouth Museum in September. Sarah will be taking inspiration from each place, and exhibits within the museums’ collections, to create…
John Wokersien is a Trustee of the Jurassic Coast Trust, as well as an active Ambassador in the Exmouth area. Here, he writes about the Jurassic Coast Mural which was recently unveiled in Exmouth. I have been involved with the Jurassic Coast since before the inception of the World Heritage Site. In that time, there…
Tony Lambert is a Jurassic Coast Ambassador from Branscombe. Here he writes about his latest guided walk from Branscombe to Beer, undertaken earlier this month. Our annual July guided walk from Branscombe to Beer and back, a collaborative effort between the Jurassic Coast Trust and the National Trust, was a great success this year. We welcomed…
Jurassic Coast Ambassador Sarah Acton is the Jurassic Coast’s new poet-in-residence, and her East Devon residency is being hosted by Beer Village Heritage in June, Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton in July, Exmouth Museum in August and Sidmouth Museum in September. Sarah will be taking inspiration from each place, and exhibits within the museums’ collections, to…
Residents and visitors are being invited to have their say about four key areas of development planned for the popular coastal town of West Bay. The Dorset Coast Forum, working with the Bridport and West Bay Coastal Community Team (CCT) and four project teams led by The Jurassic Coast and Dorset AONB teams, Dorset County…
Purbeck Ice Cream has teamed up with the Jurassic Coast Trust on an exciting new range of ice cream flavours. Due to launch this autumn, the new flavours will inspire people with Purbeck’s ancient stories of dinosaurs and marine reptiles, whilst raising much-needed funds to help look after the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Based…