As we are approaching the 10th anniversary of the World Heritage Site, we want to get together evidence of changes to the area that have happened as a result of the World Heritage Site designation, and for once we don’t mean fossils or cliffs! If you have seen, or are a business or organisation that…
As one of the first World Heritage Sites in the UK to use Twitter as a tool for raising awareness, the experiment is proving successful, and quite fun. Inspired by Ben Dames, the National Trust’s West Dorset Roving Reporter – you may have seen him in his Jurassic Coastin’ campervan – we use twitter to…
Do you have a commitment to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and your local area, and do you want to help make a difference? We would like to recruit a range of individuals from the communities of the Jurassic Coast and hinterland, who can be just what the title implies; Ambassadors for the World…
We are thrilled to announce that thanks to Arts Council England and our other Steering Group partners, that we are embarking on an eighteen month project to continue to develop the Jurassic Coast Arts Programme, and to provide a cultural legacy to plans around the Olympic and Paralympic sailing and windsurfing events in 2012. We will…
The Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project is coming to an end after all the work undertaken over the last 16 months. The Jurassic Coast Steering Group have written the final report back to Defra which summarises the project activities and makes recommendations back to central government in relation to coastal communities adapting to coastal change in…
July 2011 saw the opening of a new interpretation centre on the Jurassic Coast at Sidmouth. The Arches Interpretation centre have been devegloped in renovated seafront arches and provide an introduction to the Jurassic Coast, the town of Sidmouth and its attractions, the surrounding countryside and the South West Coast Path. The unmanned, free to…
2011 sees the return of the annual Jurassic Coast Award, following its launch in 2010. In 2010 Earth Science Manager Richard Edmonds and two volunteers from Beer Village Heritage, Norah Jaggars and Pat Farrell were worthy recipients. This year the award will recognise businesses who have made a special contribution to the Jurassic Coast. The…
Matilda Bark and Sally King from the Dorset and East Devon Coast Marine Litter Group joined five others at Ringstead Beach on a blustery Sunday for the Marine Conservation Society’s autumn beach clean along the Jurassic Coast. We collected around 15 bags of litter and picked up everything from a carton of Spanish orange juice…
The new version of the Jurassic Coast miniguide leaflet was launched this summer. It has been distributed throughout Dorset and East Devon, to TICs, Visitor Centres and a wide range of tourism businesses. Early feedback has been great, and further feedback is being carried out just now. Evaluation carried out last year greatly influenced the…