A civic society for the traditional Isle of Purbeck, first founded in 1852
The Jurassic Coast Trust is currently creating a new Partnership Plan in collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders. This new Partnership Plan will be published towards the end of 2019 and will guide management of the World Heritage Site over the next five years. As part of the creation of the new Partnership Plan, … Read more
Our winter talks programme begins with what promises to be a very interesting talk by Lilian Ladle on the archaeology of the ancient societies of Worth Matravers – details on our Events page at this link: 13th September talk
This is set for the 30th September and includes talks on Planning, the Pan-Purbeck Action campaign and the latest developments on the Dorset National Park. Full details here: CPRE AGM 2019
All you need to know about SCAMS and how to avoid them – 15th May at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Swanage – full details here: SCAMS
Dorset National Park has made its submission to the Glover Review, set up by the government to investigate and report on National Parks. Information on the National Parks review can be viewed here: Government information Dorset National Park submission can be viewed here: Dorset National Park
The Purbeck Society has joined Civic Voice, the national organisation for local civic societies. This is an important development enabling the Purbeck Society to network with other local civic societies and to raise the profile of local heritage in and beyond Purbeck. Joining Civic Voice is a step that the Purbeck Society is taking in … Read more
The latest newsletter from this group can be viewed here: Dorset National Park Newsletter July 2018 For more information on this, please visit their website: Dorset National Park
Details of our events for the rest of this year have now been finalised, so please take a look at our Events section. We hope you will agree that there are lots of interesting things planned. Our next event is our AGM on 13th April, and it would be good to see as many of … Read more
What should be a very interesting talk – all welcome ! Full details in poster – please click on the link below. Poster for Marine Preservation Talk
The committee have recently agreed and published the winter programme of events, and we are currently considering what events we should run in the summer. What events would you like us to arrange – we’re very open to suggestions ! Thank you in advance.