It is National Volunteer Week from 1st-7th June and we want to say a BIG thank you to our amazing volunteers for the time and dedication they give us. We appreciate all they do to make West Bay Discovery Centre such a success. Last year our volunteers contributed a massive Read more…
Another Story that has been given to us by one of our visitors involves a greyhound and a bus The journey from Ilford took four days which included changing buses at various locations. It was reported that Champion Firewater ran behind various buses for most of the way apart from Read more…
Elephants taking a dip at West Bay We were delighted when a resident from West Bay recently shared this wonderful image from 1992 of elephants paddling in the sea at West Bay. This trip didn’t end in any mishaps. This wasn’t always the case when elephants visited the town as Read more…
The War years in West Bay 1939-1945 As we mark the 75th Anniversary of the Second World War we look back at how life changed in West Bay during this period. Like today’s lockdown period ‘normal life’ when it resumed would be very different. West Bay had a year-round population Read more…
Traditionally on the 1st May people celebrated the transition from Spring to Summer. It is the time of the year when more flowers start to blossom.When you are out on your daily walks under lock-down lookout for the new flowers emerging. This is some of the wildlife and flowers that Read more…
Our first exhibition ” Washed Ashore” included stories of items that have been found on the beaches of West Bay. The exhibition also highlighted the problem of plastic pollution in our seas and included sea sculptures produced by children from Loders Primary School using plastic washed up on the beach. One Read more…
We had another packed centre for our talk ‘Smuggling and the Dorset connection’ on Friday by the Chair of Bridport Area Development Trust Trevor Ware We had some lovely feedback from those who attended: “Wonderful talk, well presented – very informative.” “Cracking evening on Friday, thank you so much for Read more…
We had an amazing evening at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards at Exeter Cathedral. We were so proud to have been selected as one of the finalists in the ‘New Business Category.’ The Discovery Centre was one of a record 773 entries from the region, including Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath, Read more…
A bit of news to brighten our day we’ve just heard that the Centre has been selected as one of the Finalists in the New Tourism Business Award category of this year’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards – the region’s ‘grand final’ in tourism awards. We can’t believe we are Read more…
Exciting news, West Bay Discovery Centre is one of the finalists in the New Business Award Category of the 2019 Dorset Tourism Awards ! Many thanks to all those who have helped us reach this point. A record 146 entries were received from across Dorset, with 77 selected as finalists . Read more…