Blog (September 2024) - Jurassic Coast

Conservation of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site - September 2024 update. 

Whilst the approval of plans to build an Energy Reclamation Facility on Portland has been a blow for many local people, another conservation issue on Portland has been making the news recently. Dorset Council are in the early phases of designing a scheme to strengthen and protect the Chesil Cove sea wall...

Read all about what the Jurassic Coast Trust team have been working on...

The Jurassic Coast Trust are very disappointed by the decision to grant permission to build the energy reclamation facility on Portland. Although the development will lie outside the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site itself, there will be an impact to the Site's overall setting. 

The Jurassic Coast has been named in the list of top staycation experiences this year! Travellers wanting to fossil hunt on the Jurassic Coast, ranked at number 9 on a list of the must-do experiences in the UK for 2024.