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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
21 May
Celebrate our unique UNESCO Global Geopark status with us this half term at the English Riviera Geopark Festival from 25 – 31 May 2019.
The annual festival provides the ideal opportunity for locals and visitors to discover what makes Torbay’s geological and cultural history so unique and special. There’s a wide range of free and paid for events all week that can help all ages enjoy, explore and experience all the different aspects of the Geopark.
16 May
Torbay, home of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag Awards for six of its beaches.
Up from the three last year, Oddicombe, Meadfoot, Abbey Sands, Preston, Broadsands and Breakwater will all be flying the internationally recognised Blue Flag this year.
10 Apr
The English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark are honoured to announce the launch of a new partnership with South Devon College.
25 Mar
Over the weekend of 8-9 June 2019, Torbay Amateur Radio Society (TARS) will be joining radio stations from around the world to exchange greetings with GB6GEO over the airwaves. During the special communications weekend, the English Riviera UNSECO Global Geopark special event station will transmit live from Kent’s Cavern. Using a special event call sign GB6GEO, TARS will establish contact with other radio stations around Britain, Europe and the World.
5 Mar
The Artizan Gallery is a small independent fine art gallery dedicated to championing the work of local artists in the South West. For the second time in 2018, the gallery were able to secure space in the heart of Torquay’s town centre for their festive pop-up event the Artizan Winter Open.
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.
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....
25 - 31 May
Brixham Heritage Museum
Saturday 25, Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29, Thursday 30, Friday 31.
Art activities on the theme of...
17 - 31 May
Occombe Farm
The bugs at Occombe need a new home for the summer! Can you find all of the materials to help...
24 May
Berry Head
A unique opportunity to see the rare greater horseshoe bats at Berry Head, a Geopark Gateway...
25 - 31 May
Cockington
Head out in search of Cockington’s Tree-mendous trees and look out for the tiny tree...
25 - 31 May
Artizan Gallery
Curated with Becky Nuttall, Artizan presents an exhibition of art and poetry inspired by our unique...
25 - 31 May
Kent's Cavern
A fun programme of events hosted at Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves. Get involved in a range of...
25 - 31 May
Torquay Museum
To celebrate Torbay's Geopark Festival, Torquay Museum has created a fun and family-friendly...
25 May
Torre Abbey
If Not Now is an interactive performance workshop with One Step Theatre.
Young Sally struggles...
25 - 31 May
Torquay, Paignton and Brixham
Geopark sightseeing cruises will be running daily during the Geopark Festival.
For further...
26 - 31 May
Cockington Court
Come to see over 30 fantastic sculptures set in the stunning Geopark grounds of Cockington Court...
26 - 27 May
Churston Cove & Breakwater Beach
Join Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative over the Bank holiday weekend to help clean up Brixham....
26 May
Torre Abbey
Come and celebrate the Geopark Festival with the Squircle Arts Team at Torre Abbey Museum. Make...
27 May
Berry Head
Easy going – 3 miles in length – Finishing with option of Cream tea at The Guardhouse...
28 - 31 May
Meadfoot Beach
Join Sea Kayak Torbay and discover Meadfoot, Hope’s Nose and Shennell Cove’s...
28 - 30 May
Brixham Heritage Museum
Tuesday 28th & Thursday 30th May
How man has used caves – make a model of a cave and...
28 May
Indigos Go Wild Adventure Playground
Outdoor play for everyone - decorate your very own dinosaur to take home, make a trilobite...
28 May
Torre Abbey
Join us for a fossil hunt around Torre Abbey Museum and Gardens, then use Devon soils to create...
29 May
Torquay Museum
Make your own cave painting by torchlight and become a stone-age cave artist at Torquay...
29 May
Brixham Heritage Museum
Meet the museum’s archaeology group – handle prehistoric pottery sherds, make your own...
29 May
Fort Apache Adventure Playground
Outdoor play for everyone - cave painting, cooking dinosaur French toast on a campfire,...
29 May
Wild Fox Adventure Playground
Outdoor play for everyone - campfire cooking, decorating a dinosaur to take home, pre-historic...
30 May
Torre Abbey
Join the Trove Scrapstore in the Learning Lab at Torre Abbey to celebrate the Geopark Festival....
31 May
Reach Outdoors - Goodrington
Join Reach Outdoors and experience a 1 hour tandem, sit on top, sea kayak taster sessions. A...
31 May
Torre Abbey Learning Lab
Join our family friendly dragonfly making workshop. You will make big beautiful dragonflies on a...
8 - 9 Jun
Kent's Cavern
Torbay Amateur Radio Society (TARS) will be joining radio stations from around the world to...
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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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