We recently had work experience student holiday visitor Bradley come to help us at the Discovery Centre. It was lovely to have him and we wish him all the best for his exams. Here is what he had to say Read more…
Our latest exhibition. ‘Buried in Time’ , tells the story of the area’s history through an amazing selection of fossils from the Jurassic era and marks the 20th Anniversary of the Jurassic Coast becoming a World Heritage Site. West Bay Read more…
We have been amazed and delighted to have received so many awards of the past few months! To the outsider it might feel as if all we do is put in for awards – which isn’t the case we are Read more…
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee the Discovery Centre has looked back at some of the key events in West Bay since the Queen came to the throne seventy years ago. The June Bank Holiday weekend of 1952 might have been Read more…
We recently attended the spring party of the 2021/22 Dorset Tourism Awards enjoyed at Sculpture by the Lakes. We were expecting to pick up three awards which were awarded back in February via zoom. Three additional awards were awarded on Read more…
Hard on the heels of the gold award the West Bay Discovery Centre collected at South-west Tourism Excellence Awards 2021/22, the Centre has now been chosen to go forward to the Visit England national tourism award finals. The Centre stands Read more…
Each pop up exhibition takes a huge amount of staff and volunteer time to research and produce. Community involvement and expertise is essential, we work closely with local experts to get things right and learn so much along the way! Read more…
On Thursday night a few of us headed down to Sandy Park (home of Exeter Chiefs) for the South West Tourism Awards. We were up for the Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Business Award category and we were amazed when we Read more…
Discoveries of prehistoric animal bones have been hitting the news headlines recently. In a new documentary David Attenborough reveals a Mammoth Graveyard that has been excavated in a quarry near Swindon. Last week the local television news reported that bones 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, Read more…
