Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering the public a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name a newly recommended Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in Dorset, 30km south of Bournemouth, in Dorset. This offshore area is being put forward by Natural England for consideration in Tranche 3 of the MCZ process, which will take place later this year.…
Weymouth Rowing Club recently joined Lyme Regis and other Dorset and East Devon gig rowing clubs to attend the first Bermudian gig rowing regatta. Thirty members of the Jurassic coast Gig Clubs formed “Team Jurassic”. They entered four crews to race against the Bermudians and visitors from Cornwall, Devon, USA and the Netherlands. A series…
It’s been a big year for staff and volunteers at the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. They were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service earlier in the year, and their team has inspired thousands of visitors with the ancient stories of the Jurassic Coast. We caught up with warden Ali Ferris about the centre’s achievements…
Jurassic Coast Ambassador Julian Sawyer has delivered a series of talks for young people undertaking their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Residential in Dorset with Jurassic Coast Business Partner Cumulus Outdoors. Purbeck-based Cumulus Outdoors donated £1 from each person in attendance to the Jurassic Coast Trust, helping to preserve the coastline for future generations to enjoy.…
The Undercliffs National Nature Reserve is looking for volunteers to assist on conservation activities over the winter. The reserve is one of the Jurassic Coast’s great hidden gems, encompassing fascinating geological, ecological and social history. Its current form was created following an enormous landslip on Christmas Eve 1839, and since then it has largely been…
If there’s a dinosaur-mad youngster in your life, we can heartily recommend buying them a 12-month membership to the Jurassic Coast Trust’s Go Jurassic Rangers club. Membership is £30 and includes a brilliant starter pack with a t-shirt, passport, badge and other goodies, plus a year’s worth of special events and packs in the post.…
Dorset County Museum and the Jurassic Coast Trust are excited to announce that the Natural History Museum’s famous Diplodocus, known affectionately to millions as ‘Dippy’, is coming to Dorset. At 21 metres long and more than 4 metres high, Dippy will fill the Dorset County Museum’s Victorian Hall. The exhibit will be open to the…
IMAGINE: the world is only 6000 years old, and everything was created in six days. This was the England into which Mary Anning was born – just two hundred years ago. Then came the pioneering work of geologists, studying rocks and fossils. The accepted truths about the world were blown apart; it became clear that…
This year’s Sidmouth Science Festival, now in its 5th year, is fast approaching, running from Friday 7th to Sunday 16th of October with over 50 events in and around town. Being on the Jurassic Coast means that geoscience is always well represented. This year there is a dinosaur theme with Prof Don Porcelli talking about…