Iron pyrite, better known as fool’s gold, is a mineral with a superficial resemblance to gold, and can be found in the fossils and rocks of the Jurassic Coast, in particular around Charmouth. Some of the most beautiful ammonites are those pyrite fossils that have been polished up to shine like jewels. Fool’s gold has…
Jurassic Coast Trust member Professor Sir Ghillean Prance is a renowned botanist and Amazon explorer. After a prodigious career at the New York Botanical Garden, he became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1988. Sir Ghillean has lived on the Jurassic Coast since retiring. We caught up with him at his home in…
No sooner than we sent out the first in our home learning activities, than Jurassic Coast fans Saba and Dex in the Netherlands took up our first challenge. Saba (5) and Dex (8) live in Papendrecht, near Rotterdam, and have taken advantage of the lockdown to create their own Jurassic Park landscape. “Dex always had…
“From caverns deep underground to sky-high mountains, the rocks and stones all around us are ancient.” Folk Tales of Rock and Stone is the new book from Devon author and Jurassic Coast Trust ambassador Jenny Moon. A storyteller with a passion for rocks, Moon’s collection of short stories weaves together history and imagination, drawing attention…
In line with the latest government guidelines, the Jurassic Coast Trust is urging people to stay at home and avoid busy coastal sites. Whilst it is important to have time in nature, it is simply not worth putting yourself and those in your community at risk of infection. “The thought of not being able to…
Lulworth Fossil Forest will be reopen to the public from Saturday 21st March 2020. Take the opportunity to rediscover the 145 million-year-old ‘forest’ – a key part of the Jurassic Coast’s walk-through-time story. Closed after a big rockfall in 2015, the forest has 97 new steps and railings on a route that leads off the…
Head to Bridport Arts Centre for a brilliant new exhibition that celebrates life on the Jurassic Coast. Artwey, South Dorset’s visual arts community collective is currently exhibiting at the Allsop Gallery with mixed-media work featuring and inspired by the World Heritage Site. In December last year, the group launched an open call to its 80…
Now that Storm Dennis is on the wane, it’s time to get out of the house and wreak havoc of a different kind! There’s an abundance of half term activities organised by our partners all along the Coast. From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Seaton Tramway in East Devon to learning all…
The last weekend of September will see the return of Run Jurassic, a weekend-long running festival in Dorset. Organised by White Star Running in collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust, the three-day event is the official Jurassic Coast Running Festival, with a percentage of income from the event supporting the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.…