We have Exciting News to share!!! We’ve been COMMENDED in the Dorset Tourism Awards 2024 in the Best Small Visitor Attraction category. The competition was tough and we wish good luck to Sculpture by the Lakes, Museum of East Dorset Read more…
The West Bay Discovery Centre’s volunteers have been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2024, one of only two voluntary organisations in Dorset this year. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the Read more…
The 1st of October saw a new arrangement for the West Bay Discovery Centre, one which the Bridport Area Development Trust (BADT) believes will secure the continuing success of the award-winning Centre. The Bridport Communities Trust will be taking over Read more…
We’re delighted to have been selected as a Travellers’ Choice Award Winner again for 2024. The award is given to establishments that have consistently received great reviews over the past 12 months and we are so very grateful to our Read more…
The Victorian era was a period of development and there was a great enthusiasm for building railways. There were many options for connecting Bridport to the railway line but when none materialised a group of Bridport Businessmen set up the Read more…
Our current exhibition ‘West Bay in the War’ has attracted many visitors. It looks at West Bay’s coastal defences, food rationing and the recollections of local people and GI’s living in West Bay. In November 1943 the 2nd Battalion of Read more…
Dorset is a county famous for its culture. Creativity thrives here, and the enormous variety and volume of cultural events is astounding. We are delighted to have been featured in the Arts Development Company’s Culture in Dorset celebrations and report, Read more…
Fishing has always been part of West Bay, a source of employment and something that attracts visitor interest. In our latest exhibition ‘Beneath the Waves we have bought to life the history of fishing along the Chesil Beach and in Read more…
West Bay Discovery Centre is proud to follow the the Kids in Museums Manifesto guidelines developed with children, young people and families and reflect what they feel makes museums and heritage organisations welcoming and inclusive places. We are one of Read more…
The water fountain (trough) Have you ever even noticed the water trough or wondered how long it has been at West Bay? This water trough is the only relic left in West Bay of the era of the horse drawn Read more…
