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 shares his experiences of the coast’s changing seasons, and how they’re reflected in his artwork. The seasons are rapidly changing on the Jurassic Coast. This has always…
The Jurassic Coast Trust and Clinton Devon Estates recently ran a talk and field trip for students at Feniton Primary School in East Devon, helping them to learn more about the unique pebblebed heath landscape of the area. Jurassic Coast Ambassador Chris Woodward gave students the geological background of the area in terms of its…
Seaton Tramway is launching an exciting new Dinosaur Tram Adventure for the upcoming Easter holidays. Families and children are sure to enjoy the adventure-filled tram ride featuring music, stories, and a fossil dig and dinosaur activity area at Colyton Station. The Dinosaur Tram Adventure will depart from Seaton Terminus on Sunday 16th & 23rd April,…
By Anjana Ford, Jurassic Coast Learning and Participation Manager The Big Jurassic Classroom Discovery Days are the showpiece events of the Jurassic Coast Team’s Primary Science Teaching Trust-funded formal education programme. Our aim is to run a series of condensed teacher training days in a very short space of time, to capitalise on the knowledge…
The Dorset Coastal Community Team (DCCT), led by the Dorset Coast Forum, have been awarded £5.6 million to deliver the Dorset Coastal Connections – People and Places project. The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site is set to benefit from a couple of key projects planned for Lulworth’s Fossil Forest and West Bay. Jurassic Coast and…
Colin Bentley is working on a three-year art project in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. In the latest of his monthly blogs, Colin shares his experiences creating artwork with the help of the Trust’s local Ambassadors. It’s been a busy and very exciting month working on the Jurassic Coast Art Project. I’ve started some…
Holidaymakers at one of Dorset’s largest holiday park operators have raised over £50,000 for the Jurassic Coast Trust since 2008, making a massive contribution towards looking after and helping people to understand England’s natural World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast. West Dorset Leisure Holidays’ customers can make a small optional donation of £1 or less when…
A pair of Jurassic Fantastic events, The Jurassic Egg Hunt and Roarsome Dino Day, are coming to Weymouth this Easter holidays. The Jurassic Egg hunt will begin on April 8 and finish on April 23. Young explorers can hunt for clues scattered around Weymouth town in the hopes of finding Jurassic Dino Eggs. A mysterious riddle can…
This is the first in an ongoing series of blogs by Colin Bentley, who will be creating the Jurassic Coast Art Project over the next three years, in close collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. The sea has always been a major part of my life, and painting the coastline is an important aspect of my…