Blog (News) - Jurassic Coast

Tourism businesses from across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall have been named as Finalists in this year’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards.

Businesses across Dorset celebrated on 1^st February as 260 winners were awarded at the 11^th Dorset Tourism Awards at Weymouth Pavilion.
Image: Dorset Museum, photo from Nick Williams Photography

The Jurassic Coast Trust team are always busy, working to protect and conserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site. We would like to provide you with regular updates on our ongoing work. Read the latest here. 

The Finalists have been announced for this year’s Dorset Tourism Awards which will be presented in Weymouth Pavilion on 1 February 2024.

The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) has become an official ‘Coast Path Passport’ stamping point partner, working with the charity which cares for the UK’s longest and most popular National Trail, the South West Coast Path.

The Jurassic Coast Trust is lucky to have a great team of volunteers and ambassadors who readily give up their time to support us over a huge range of fundraising activities. From running guided walks to helping at Dinosaur Sleepovers they are always there, cheerful and friendly, engaging people with the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. 

We are very excited to be recruiting for a new Project Officer, working with the Jurassic Coast Trust CEO, Principal Officer for World Heritage and key stakeholders to help lead in the development and delivery of a vitally important piece of strategic work for the conservation of the World Heritage Site, the Protected Site Strategy.

This will be held on Friday 20th October 2023 at 10am at Dorset Wildlife Trust Offices, Brooklands Farm, Dorset DT2 7AA.

The Jurassic Coast Trust have partnered with Teemill to launch an organic clothing range inspired by the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Jurassic Coast Trust (JCT) have undertaken a mid-year review of the key priorities identified in the 2020-2025 World Heritage Site Partnership Plan (the Plan), for the period January-July 2023 and are pleased to share significant progress of the objectives to date.