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Whether you you Whether adventures. outdoor for UK the in BERRY HEAD NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE NATURE NATIONAL HEAD BERRY KENTS CAVERN CAVERN KENTS Catch and Cook and Catch There are loads of ways to get out out get to ways of loads are There Our landscape provides one of the best destinations destinations best the of one provides landscape Our Group Group On the Water the On Overground Underground E xcursions Explore the English Riviera Global Geopark Global Riviera English the Explore Discover The English Riviera Find out more the English Riviera GEOPARK Download My Riviera iPhone SHETLAND For more information on what to do and where to Geoparks and Android app for free. GlobalGeopark stay in the Geopark, visit www.englishriviera.co.uk/ GlobalGeopark , or call our Visitor Information Team on of the UK and Ireland geopark NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS 0844 474 2233. GEOPARK You can also download the free English Riviera “When you’re on the English Riviera you are in a very special World-class destination iPhone and Android app, and follow place, a Global Geopark, an international designation of quality the English Riviera on Facebook. Use your recognised by UNESCO. There are only 90 Geoparks in the environments smartphone to scan the QR code on this page and view a video of the stunning English Riviera world and the English Riviera Global Geopark is the smallest, The English Riviera Global Geopark is one Global Geopark. but it’s one of the most dynamic offering all kinds of activities of just nine UNESCO- For in-depth information on our and events for you to get the most from your leisure time here.” recognised Geoparks in fascinating geology and heritage, Nick Powe, Chairman of the Great Britain and Ireland. check out the offi cial Geopark website English Riviera Geopark Organisation. www.englishrivierageopark.org.uk, and pick up the guidebook from Visitor NORTH PENNINES MARBLE ARCH CAVES AONB AND EUROPEAN Information Centres and on Amazon. GEOPARK GEOPARK For details on the other 90 UNESCO- Fact book recognised Geoparks around the world, Fact book visit www.globalgeopark.org • Did you know we have the oldest BURREN AND CLIFFS OF modern human remains in Europe? MOHER GEOPARK A jawbone unearthed at Kents can still see their fossilised Torbay Coast and Cavern shows that Neanderthals burrows in the rocks. GEOMON, and humans could have shared • The fossils here helped Countryside Trust the same cave home. ANGLESEY’S Victorian geologists GEOPARK • Sabre-toothed tigers and understand what was The Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust carries woolly mammoths used to happening 400 million years ago out the conservation work that helps the natural run down the valley where and so they named that period of geological time the Devonian, a name now used all environment of the English Riviera Global Geopark the high street is now. COPPER COAST over the world. FFOREST FAWR thrive. They also run Occombe Farm, Berry Head • The landscape has been • BBC TV presenter Professor Iain Stewart is GEOPARK GEOPARK forming over 400 million years - so the fossils Patron of the English Riviera Global Geopark. and The Seashore Centre, and all the events that found here are even older take place there. than the dinosaurs! • 270 million years If you’re interested in the work they do, fi nd out ago we used to be more at a desert close to www.countryside-trust.org.uk the Equator. or give them a call on 01803 520022. Giant prehistoric millipedes used to live in the ENGLISH RIVIERA desert and you GLOBAL GEOPARK GLOBAL GEOPARK Professor Iain Stewart Discover more inside www.englishriviera.co.uk/geopark Produced by the English Riviera Tourism Company. Tourism the English Riviera by Produced GLOBAL GEOPARK GLOBAL GEOPARK GLOBAL GEOPARK Outdoor Adventures xperience the English Riviera Discovery Trail SCUBA DIVING E TORRE ABBEY park Discover a wealth of Geopark history, heritage and art Discover the wonders of the deep in some of the best Global eo at Torre Abbey. Built using considerable amounts of stone diving conditions in the UK. The English Riviera Geopark G from the very headland it overlooks, this 12th century abbey supports numerous rare seagrass beds that are home to has played an infl uential role in the development of the area. breeding populations of seahorses, plus a huge array of It has witnessed, survived and been part of some epic fascinating marine wildlife and several wrecks. moments of history. www.torre-abbey.org.uk/ 01803 293593 TQ2 5JE SAILING TORQUAY MUSEUM If you’re interested in really getting to know the inner workings Tor Bay is well known as being the perfect arena for of the Geopark then Torquay Museum is the place to start. world-class sailing events, with unobstructed, practically It’s a treasure chest of archaeological and geological fi nds that tidal-free waters. Torquay and Brixham marinas have tell the story of the landscape and its relationship with people. sailing and berthing facilities for visiting boats, and there Some of the best bits include samples from early excavations are plenty of opportunities for both experienced and of Kents Cavern, like the world-famous 42,000 year old jawbone, novice sailors to sail the Geopark including a number by far the oldest human fossil ever found in NW Europe. of sailing schools. www.torquaymuseum.org 01803 293975 TQ1 1HG KAYAKING ROYAL TERRACE GARDENS The geology of the English Riviera Geopark is visible in all its Sea canoeing and kayaking will allow you to explore Devonian limestone glory at Royal Terrace Gardens on Torquay the Geopark’s 22 miles of coastline from a whole new seafront. A magnifi cent illuminated staircase ascends the rock perspective, hugging the rocky inlets and getting up close face complete with interpretation on the culture and landscape and personal with the wildlife. Kayaks can be hired from of the English Riviera.
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