Recent news headlines have brought prehistoric discoveries back into the spotlight. In a new documentary, Sir David Attenborough reveals the excavation of a Mammoth Graveyard uncovered in a quarry near Swindon. Closer to home, local television recently reported that bones from several species of Mammoth and Woolly Rhinoceros have been Read more…
The finalists of this year’s South West Tourism Tourism Awards have been announced and West Bay Discovery Centre is amongst the finalists in the ‘ Ethical, Sustainable and Responsible and Sustainable Tourism.’ This guarantees the Centre either a gold, silver, bronze award at the finals on the Thursday 7th April Read more…
WOW we are over the moon to announce that in the Dorset Tourism Awards 2021/22 we have just WON… . BRONZE in Small Visitor Attraction of the Year GOLD in Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Business GOLD in Visitor Information Service of the Year Thanks to our amazing team at West Read more…
The finalists of this year’s Dorset Tourism Awards have been announced and West Bay Discovery Centre is amongst the finalists in no less than three award categories. This guarantees the Centre either a gold, silver, bronze award at the finals on the 10th February 2022. The categories are Best Small Read more…
West Bay’s iconic golden East Cliffs are chiefly made up of Bridport Sands- rocks that formed from layers of sand in the shallow tropical Jurassic seas around 175 million years ago. Each metre of cliff took 20,000 years to form- and at about 43 metres high that means that when Read more…
Recently, discovering this image we were prompted to get out the West Bay Regatta Programmes donated to us by John Hawkins. We were intrigued to find out what a Cigar and Umbrella Swimming Race involved! That then led us to doing further research about the Regatta. The first mention we Read more…
The area just outside the ropes at the entrance to the Discovery Centre may look untidy to some, but to our wildlife it is a haven and a welcome place to retreat away from the surrounding car parks and roads. The growing conditions are challenging with sandy soil that quickly Read more…
West Bay Discovery Centre is celebrating its third birthday today (1st August). In those three years we’ve welcomed 35,000 visitors, hopefully informing and inspiring many of them to explore all that’s best about Bridport, West Bay and the surrounding area. We’ve gained recognition as the Best New Dorset Tourism Business (although, of course, Read more…
Last week we were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Bridport Ian Bark to view our current exhibition ‘Turning the Tide’, which is about plastic pollution. The Mayor writes a weekly blog where he supports, encourages and praises organisations and people in the town. It has also allowed him to Read more…
As part of our Turning the Tide Exhibition we have a section aimed at children. Many of them have told us that they have been covering the plastics issue at school. Based on the story of the The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle who died recently and the age Read more…