School visits to Charmouth Dorset
Guided fossil hunting walks for your class. Chris will take up to 2 classes at a time . Cost is £3.00 per child and adult helpers go free. Min.booking £60. Walks take 2 hours including a 20 minute talk. Walks and talks take place on the beach. For larger groups Chris would be joined by a second leader if required.

Chris talks about understanding fossils and life in the past, what a fossil is, how they got there, what they are made of, geological time, time before humans, rocks and minerals, dinosaurs and other fossils. How ideas change with new evidence, evolution and Mary Anning. Chris is a geologist( B.Sc.) with 13 years experience of taking children fossil hunting . All walks are risk assessed and copies are available for schools. Your class remains your responsibility during the visit. Chris was formerly Earth Science Advisor for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and prior to that Senior Warden at Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. Fossilwalks.com is a private enterprise and is no longer connected with Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre or it's activities at Charmouth.

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Facilities for day trips

Charmouth Beach has public toilets and a picnic area.

Coach parking is at the West Dorset car park half way down Lower Sea Lane, where there are also toilets.

Disclaimer

School children remain the responsibility of the teaching staff at all times during the visit. I am employed as a guide only.