Blog (Jurassic Culture) - Jurassic Coast

The Jurassic Coast Trust and West Dorset Leisure Holidays are pleased to announce the winner of their winter holiday competition following a record-breaking number of entrants.

December 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the inscription of the Jurassic Coast on to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

When the giant front flippers, or "paddles €, of a prehistoric sea dragon called an ichthyosaur, were found on a beach in Lyme Regis, it was a very exciting scientific discovery. Not only was the fossil huge in size, but experts were convinced the rest of the creature was still buried under the rocks.