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What to expect
The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is a great place for families to visit, with free entry to the centre and its displays. The centre offers guided fossil hunting walks, which are a great family day out on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Visitors can also explore the past and present of this incredible coastline, meet the Charmouth dinosaur, and see amazing fossil collections. The centre provides hands-on curriculum-linked activities focused on rocks, fossils, marine habitats, and ecosystems, making it an excellent destination for families with children. Additionally, the centre runs marine events, such as Seashore Safaris and beach cleans, to raise awareness of environmental challenges facing the delicate marine ecosystems
Plan your family visit to the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre with these blog insights 👇
A Family Fossil-hunting Trip on the Jurassic Coast
Activities: We visited the centre, which has interactive exhibits about the Jurassic Coast and its fossils. The friendly staff helped us understand the fossil code and find some fossils
Highlights: We enjoyed the interactive exhibits, the friendly staff, and learning about the fossil code. We were also given two fossils by a warden ✨