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Welcome to the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark - One of Earth's Extraordinary Places! A beautiful landscape of dramatic changes, of exploration, discovery and fun.
UNESCO Global Geoparks share the story of our Planet.
A Geopark is an area of globally recognised, unique geological interest designated by UNESCO. A place where you can touch a very special part of the Earth's story and be amazed by the extraordinary landscapes, mountains, coastlines, places and people.
Our Geopark, covering the entire area of Torbay, is Naturally Inspiring. It shares stories of a landscape untouched by glaciation unseen elsewhere in the world. Stories of tropical seas and scorching deserts, raised beaches and drowned forests, hippopotami and mammoth, straight-tusked elephant and sabre-toothed tiger, cave bear and earliest man...
News from the Geopark
5 Nov
Students from four primary schools in Torbay are to perform a promenade version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth underground in Kents Cavern
17 Oct
Join us at 12pm where pupils from White Rock Primary School will be at Cockington Court with The Junkman for a one hour worldwide celebration of Mother Earth. We will be linking up with other UNESCO Global Geopark locations from around the world. Click to read more.
13 Jul
Prize winning students from Korea visited the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark for a research visit during July.
4 Jun
Torbay’s UNESCO Geopark reached out to the Bay’s international visitors by adding a welcome message in nine different languages on the 2018 Geopark festival leaflet.
27 May
To kick start the 10th Geopark Festival celebrations the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark is delighted to launch the Earth Echoes film. This film documents the development of the incredible community-led opening ceremony of the 7th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks held at the RICC in September 2016.
10 Mar
A large sign has been installed at the entrance to Torquay to celebrate the English Riviera's status as a UNESCO Global Geopark.
7 Nov
4 Oct
HUNDREDS of delegates from all around the world have converged on Torbay for one of the most important conferences ever held locally this week.
The International Conference on Unesco Global Geoparks has attracted more than 700 delegates from 120 global geoparks from 63 different countries to Torquay.
More news...
Events in the Geopark
1 Feb - 31 Dec
Torre Abbey
An exhibition of works and artefacts that help celebrate the rich maritime heritage of the Bay....
19 Jan - 31 Mar
Torre Abbey
A showcase of stunning images by the Torbay Photographic Society.
Open Tuesday to Sunday....
5 - 24 Feb
Torre Abbey
An exhibition and sale of works from the Brixham, Devon and Torbay Art Societies, in the stunning...
16 - 24 Feb
A week long programme of events hosted by the Kents Cavern! Celebrating our Stone Age ancestors...
16 - 24 Feb
Reveal a secret word by finding all of the hidden Ice Age animals hidden around the woods. (ideal...
16 - 24 Feb
Paint the markings of your tribe on your very own Stone Age flag. (ideal for ages 4-11)
Find out...
16 - 24 Feb
Take part in this cave trail to discover the different animals that lived in Devon during warmer...
16 - 24 Feb
Discover the artefacts used by Stone Age people at our handling table. (ideal for ages 6+)
Find...
16 - 24 Feb
Help to build our communal woodland shelter using natural materials. (ideal for ages 6+)
Find...
16 - 24 Feb
Take part in this challenge to see if you have the stealth and accuracy of a Neanderthal hunter...
16 - 24 Feb
Head into our woodland area and discover the skills that Stone Age people needed to learn to...
16 - 24 Feb
Excavate sandboxes to uncover hidden fossils, you might even find some precious gemstones while...
16 - 24 Feb
Cave art doesn’t just include paintings in caves, it also includes jewellery and carvings....
16 - 24 Feb
Kents Cavern
(£1) – make your own Stone Age pendant. (Ideal for ages 5+)
Find out more here
17 - 24 Feb
Kents Cavern
Stone Age Sessions will run with two different themed activities!
For the young ones: The...
18 - 22 Feb
Occombe farm
Half Term at Occombe - Come along to Occombe Farm and help the fairies and elves to solve the...
19 Feb
Kents Cavern
Arguably one of the most important survival skills. Stone Age people mastered a number of...
19 Feb
Kents Cavern
Join astronomy charity 'Dartmoor Skies' for an insightful, fun and interactive talk which will...
20 Feb
Kents Cavern
Join Karl Lee, one of the UK’s leading primitive technologist’s, inside Kents Cavern...
22 Feb
Kents Cavern
Join Devon based professional artist Mike McDonald in a special art masterclass using the...
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Meet our patron
Television's favourite geologist Prof. Iain Stewart is patron of the English Riviera Geopark.
Iain is the presenter of Journeys from the Centre of the Earth, the award winning BBC series Earth - The Power of the Planet and his current BBC series How Earth Made Us.
See what Iain has to say about his role as Geopark patron
Hong Kong Geopark
In November 2009, the English Riviera Geopark signed a partnership agreement with the Hong Kong Geopark, allowing both Geoparks to strengthen
their international relationship. Click here to find out more about our sister Geopark
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