Site-wide ac vity Land management South West Coast Inspired by World Heritage Much of the detail below relates to ac vi es in each of the coastal Gateway Towns, but a lot The Site is owned by many different landowners, and Path Na onal Trail of the work of the Partnership is Site-wide, or not specific to any one area. This includes: their contribu ons should not be underes mated. This map shows some of the key projects, events and other ac vi es that have taken place along the coast since 2001, that have more than 1,000 community talks and walks; presenta ons at na onal and interna onal Most notably, the Na onal Trust (image right) own The Coast Path is a superb way conferences; informa on displays at Tourist Informa on Centres; hos ng of official visits; nearly a third of the Site and play a very ac ve role in of seeing and exploring the been, for the most part, inspired wholly or par ally by the designa on of the Jurassic Coast as a World Heritage Site. These Jurasssic Coast. It is ably looked ac ons have been achieved by different members of the wide Jurassic Coast Partnership, normally working in collabora on with training for other World Heritage Sites; and most notably, work with schools as part of the its management. Likewise, the Lulworth Estate in Jurassic Coast’s educa on programme (images right). Purbeck and Clinton Devon Estate in East Devon also aer by a range of different other organisa ons and individuals. It only intends to provides an overview of achievements, so for more informa on about the play a significant role. organisa ons and has had specific projects, look on www.jurassiccoast.org or contact the Team (see back cover for more details). significant improvements over the last 10 years. Most notably improved signage and interpreta on (image above right) and the comple on of the path around Portland. Work is also underway to create a new Exeter CoastlinX53 Bus Wareham route through the Undercliffs near Seaton. The coastal corridor has also been the subject of considerable landscape and • Touring Natural History Museum ichthyosaur exhibi on in city • The CoastlinX53 Jurassic Coast Bus service has been • Wareham Museum geology display upgraded interpreta on improvements, notably through the work of the library (image right) upgraded twice since designa on, with new double- • Purbeck School role in Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project, and UNESCO youth forum East Devon and Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty • Three PhD studentships at Exeter Univeristy researching cultural decker buses emblazoned with Jurassic Coast livery. in Newcastle geography of the Jurassic Coast The service carries about 500,000 passengers a year, • Earth Heritage: World Heritage interna onal conference teams, Natural England and the Na onal Trust. • Start / finish of the CoastlinX53 Jurassic Coast Bus service a five-fold increase since 2001 (image right) • Jurassic Coast sta on signage Li er Free Coast & Sea Regular beach cleans take place the Honiton Journey Jurassic Ben Osborne/Lal Hitchcock, Poole, Bournemouth & Christchurch length of the coast, and at the me of Axminster • Research collabora on and teaching involvement with Bournemouth University, • ‘Big Jurassic’ arts and community fes val print a new campaign has been • Transport interchange improvements and Jurassic one involving Tom Hearing from Dorchester, who won Young Scien st of the • Honiton Museum geology gallery upgraded Li on Cheney Dorchester launched to raise and tackle the issue Coast sta on signage year for his Jurassic Coast work (image le) • Jurassic Coast sta on signage and other transport improvements • One of the many rural venues across Dorset • Jurassic Coast Gallery and Weymouth Bay Pliosaur of marine lier (logo right). • Launch of State of Emergency’s ‘Desert Crossings’ UK tour in Bournemouth • Honiton Tourist Informa on Centre display and East Devon for the ‘Jurassic Journey’ tour exhibi on (image above) • Students from Arts University College Bournemouth involved in the and exhibi on, an explora on of the Jurassic • Five years of Jurassic Coast geology lecture series ‘Stone Paper Scissors’ exhib on at Walford Mill Coast by photographer Ben Osborne, poet • Mapping the Jurassic Coast exhibi on; • Touring Natural History Museum ichthyosaur exhibi on in Poole library Ma Harvey, musician Samy Hurden and Amanda Wallwork and Jeremy Gardner • Public talks and events sculptor Lal Hitchcock (image above)
Museum National Trust Seaton View Point Railway Station Visitor Centre South West Coast Path • Seaton Labyrinth created, on a Jurassic Coast theme National Trail Tourist Information Centre • Seaton Visitor Centre Trust formed, with strong local Boat trips community involvement and an ongoing programme X53 Bus Route Linked Bus Route of events • Excellent progress to create an interpreta on centre The Triassic period The Jurassic period The Cretaceous period
in Seaton, possibly opening in 2013 Map © Jurassic Coast Trust with thanks to Coastal Publishing • Seaton banners created by local schoolchildren, now Bridport and West Bay hanging throughout the town (image le) • Improvements to Bridport Museum geology • Extensive research into geology of the Undercliffs collec on and displays Na onal Nature Reserve undertaken • Jurassic Coast Fun Days at West Bay (image le) • ‘Inspira on Aspira on’ project involved 800 young • Host town to Jurassic Coast Annual Seminars, people exploring their natural heritage including a commission for youth music group ‘B-Sharp’ • ‘Exploratory Laboratory’ and ‘Rocks’ exhibi ons in Weymouth Bridport Arts Centre • Jurassic Coast sta on signage (image below) Budleigh Salterton • Jurassic Coast inspired public realm improvements • Ussher Society 2007 conference • Improvements made to the geology collec on and at West Bay • Work undertaken to create an interpreta on Kimmeridge facility at the Pavilion site, currently on hold Swanage display at Budleigh’s Fairlynch Museum (image below) Lyme Regis • Ar st and schoolchildren designed interpreta on • Fine Founda on Marine Centre • Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project case-study • Seafront shelters interpreta on scheme underway • Six Fossil Fes vals, involving the Natural History Museum as the panels on the Jurassic Pier offers informa on, walks and other • Durlston Castle renovated as the first major new Gateway Centre for the town (Preston), along with nearby Ringstead • ‘Universal Value’ dance event on Budleigh beach anchor body, and many other science and arts partners (image below) • ‘Universal Value’ arts event on West Bay beach events rela ng to the Jurassic Coast Jurassic Coast (images below). The project is also a case study for public • Touring Natural History Museum ichthyosaur • Coast hopper 157 bus service improvements • Development of Jurassic Coast Earth Fes val 2012, to e in with • Work undertaken to create the engagement with the Arts (image boom right) exhibi on in town Library Cultural Olympiad Museum of Jurassic Marine Life as a • Museum and Heritage Centre restored and expanded, including Jurassic • ‘Open for Business’ Jurassic Coast award • Seafront Shelters refurbished with interpreta on about the Jurassic Coast permanent home for Steve Etches’ Coast displays • New Coast Path bridge at Newton’s Cove • Extensive work to develop a Field Studies Centre for the Jurassic Coast in Charmouth fossil collec on (image below) • The ‘Stoney Bones’ project worked with with local primary schools, and bridge as part of the Jurassic Coast Arts Lyme Regis • Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre extension and refurbishment (image below) produced a set of banners now hanging in the town centre Programme • The Town Mill Malthouse created as a new mul -purpose facility for events • Ongoing programme of Jurassic Coast-related events and walks by the Centre (image boom le) • ‘Earthscapes’ exhibi ons and seminars and exhibi ons • Management of West Dorset Fossil Collec ng Code of Conduct also undertaken • Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project case-study town • Jurassic Coast theme integrated in Weymouth • Improvement to Lyme Regis Museum geology collec on and displays, by Centre (image boom) • Seafront shelters interpreta on scheme underway at Peveril Point Beer carnivals including a loan of Mary Anning’s original ichthyosaur skull (image boom) • New ar st-designed Coast Path footbridge • Beer Fine Founda on Village Heritage Centre built, • Ongoing programme of Jurassic Coast-related events and walks by • Jurassic Coast Fossil Warden (image boom le) with displays about Beer and the Jurassic Coast the Museum • Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project case-study town, along with nearby Seatown (image above) • Lyme Arts Fest with Jurassic Coast theme • Beer Quarry Caves has developed as an arac on • Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology interna onal conference hosted in linked to the Jurassic Coast Lyme Regis during 2011 • Beer and Branscombe took the brunt of the public • Jurassic Coast Cabinet of Curiosi es created for Fossil Fes val Abbotsbury aen on when the MSC Napoli was grounded offshore • Abbotsbury Gardens worked with Worth Matravers partners to create a prize-winning • ‘The Rock Charmer’ outdoor performance Jurassic Coast Garden (image below) event linked to the Jurassic Coast (image below) Exmouth for the Chelsea Flower Show • Geoneedle, celebratory inscrip on marker at Orcombe Point. • They have also made a Jurassic Coast Lulworth Cove Interpreta on improvements underway (image below) viewpoint and prehistoric swamp Portland • Touring Natural History Museum ichthyosaur exhibi on in the • Lulworth Cove Heritage Centre offers informa on, Tourist Informa on Centre • Fine Founda on Chesil Beach Centre refurbishment walks and other events rela ng to the Jurassic Coast • Feasibility work undertaken to create an interpreta on centre in and expansion, started Nov 2011 • Inscribed stone to mark the World Heritage Site Exmouth; s ll ongoing • Ongoing programme of Jurassic Coast-related inscrip on (image below) • Exmouth Visitor Centre Trust formed, with ongoing programme events and walks by the Centre • X43 summer bus service linking Swanage to Weymouth of events • Fleet Study Group research and mee ng via Lulworth • Stuart Lines Jurassic Coast cruises (image below) programme • Small display of Steve Etches’ Jurassic Marine life • Jurassic Coast banners flying throughout the town • Improvement to Portland Museum geology collec on in the Heritage Centre • ‘Inspira on Aspira on’ project involved 14 schools and 700 collec on and displays, including a rare and young people exploring their natural heritage important turtle specimen found in a quarry Sidmouth (image le) • Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust Jurassic • Seafront shelter renovated to become a Jurassic Coast Interpreta on Coast projects Centre, with permanent displays about Sidmouth and the • Dinosaur footprints and bone recovered surrounding area (image above) • Access and interpreta on improvements to • Sidmouth Museum Rynchosaur exhibi on, and recent geology ‘Portland Quarry Park’ through Portland Ranger collec on and display improvements • Jurassic Coast interpreta on panel at Na onal • Triassic Rynchosaur plan ng and interpreta on panel at Sailing Academy; Olympic venue The Triangle interchange • Mass Ex nc on Memorial Observatory (MEMO) • Jurassic Coast branded Sidmouth shule summer walk and project in development ride service • Jurassic Coast Pathfinder project case-study town, with par cular focus on erosion at Pennington Point Chris Andrew / Lyme Regis Museum Regis / Lyme Chris Andrew
Since 2001, the Team An interac ve CD (right) Inspired by the World Heritage Site Jurassic Coast Businesses and Trust have is available and is produced and installed as a kiosk at Public areas and businesses the length of the coast have chosen to link Some businesses have chosen not just to link to the name, distributed a range of most Museums, visitor to the World Heritage Site over the last 10 years. Whether using it for but to get really involved with the World Heritage Site and newsleer and free centres and some TICs civic pride or as a marke ng advantage, it emphasises the impact that support the coast in different ways. These include tour leaflets for visitors along the coast. the Jurassic Coast designa on and brand has had on the area. Some operators, holiday parks, boat operators, hotels, cafes and (right), and a range of 8 examples include the Jurassic Pier at West Bay (image right) alongside restaurants, arac ons, and even an accountancy firm. books (le) and 20 A free ‘Jurassic’ iPod beers, wines, shops, cafes and other enterprises that have linked to Many have chosen to become supporters of the Jurassic postcards of the coast App is also availble from the name. The coast has also inspired people in different ways, such Coast Trust (image right) or take part in the Jurassic Coast for widespread sale. iTunes (right). as Jurassic carnival floats, swimming leagues and a Triassic Big Draw at Quality Business Scheme (image far right). the East Devon Coast Fes val (image far right).