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The Explore the Seafloor team are off to the National SEA LIFE centre at Birmingham for the half-term holidays. The roadshow starts on Saturday the 23rd of October and runs through to Halloween.   

Come down and handle real archaeological artefacts dredged from the depths of the sea, examine sea creatures under a magnifying glass and, if you’re brave, have a feel and guess what’s in our mystery boxes. 

The Sea LIfe centre will have lots more activities to fill in those rainy, half term days so if you are looking for something to do, come down and join us.

Explore the Seafloor is pleased to announce a new special event to keep the family occupied during the October half term school holidays.  Join us at New Forest Centre on Wednesday the 27th of October for a day of fun and exploration. The centre is open from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free for under 16s and £3 for adults. 

The New Forest National Park Authority will also be coming along to tell visitors about the exciting maritime archaeology project they are undertaking along the park’s coastline.

So come along and join us.

Go to our Events page for information

August kicked off with Marine Week and Explore the Seafloor ran two special events at coastal Wildlife Trust centres to mark this annual celebration of the sea.

 On Saturday the 7th of August Explore the Seafloor ran a hands-on workshop at the Kent Wildife Trust’s Reculver Nature Park, near Herne Bay.  The centre is an excellent venue for us as it already has great information about the archaeology and history of its surrounding area, from the Ice Age to World War II.  Visitors enjoyed handling some artefacts that date to the information at the centre, including a mammoth’s tooth and the remains of a World War II machine gun.

On Sunday the 8th of August we journeyed on to Colchester and Essex Wildilfe Trust’s Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve.  It was a beautiful sunny day and so we set up outside and had lots of families stopping off to play before they took a walk around the beautiful nature reserve.  Visitor’s particularly enjoyed the dressing up and we have some great photographs of the day – check out our photograph albums on our Facebook pages.

 Overall the weekend was a great success and Explore the Seafloor would like to thank both centres for being so enthusiastic and welcoming.

Explore the Seafloor joined English Heritage’s event “From Caves to Cohorts” at Fort Cumberland on the 31st of July and 1st of August, part of the Festival of British Archaeology celebrations.  

 The weekend was great fun, exploring Britain’s history from the Stone Age through to the Romans with exhibitors and great hands-on activities to fill the whole day.  One of the highlights was the Roman re-enactors Britannia who entertained the crowd with a rather gory Roman gladiator training session. 

 Located in the Maritime tent Explore the Seafloor joined the New Forest National Park Authority’s Maritime Archaeologist and English Heritage’s own maritime specialists giving people the opportunity to discover the amazing history of Britain’s seas. 

 Explore the Seafloor would also like to thank Wessex Archaeology staff Amy Radford and Sophie Thorogood for coming along and helping out on the day.

Explore the Seafloor is now at the Great Yarmouth Sea Life centre located on the main sea front. We are having a great time and glad to see the sun finally shining.  Come on down and join us for lots of fun hands- on activities and discover what you can find on the seafloor.

The Explore the Seafloor team will be running two events with the Wildlife Trust as part of National Marine Week, which runs from the 31st of July to the 15th of August.

National Marine Week (or fortnight in this case) celebrates all that is great about the sea.  Explore the Seafloor have partnered up with Wildlife Trust Visitors centres to run two events over this week. Visit our events and learn more about the fantastic marine life and archaeology that can be found on the seafloor.

Events

Saturday 8th of August: Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park, Kent Wildlife Trust. 

Sunday 9th August: Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve, Essex Wildlife Trust. or click here for their Facebook page.

Click here to find out more about  National Marine Week  at the Wildlife Trust website

Searching for artefacts

Searching for artefacts

 Last weekend Explore the Seafloor joined in the celebrations for Hampshire’s annual Water Festival at Staunton Country Park, in Havant.

 The water theme was very welcome on this hot July weekend.  The Explore the Seafloor activity area let people cool down while exploring our water table for amazing artefacts.  Dredged up from Britain’s coastal waters these archaeological finds include a Stone Age hand axe, which is 250,000 years old and a World War II bullet.  Our fun activity area had over a thousand visitors and the team enjoyed sharing ideas about how these objects ended up at the bottom of the sea. 

 To see pictures of the event go to our facebook page www.facebook.com/exploretheseafloor

This weekend Explore the Seafloor will be attending From Caves to Cohorts”  – English Heritage’s Festival of British Archaeology event at Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth.

The event will be investigating the past, from prehistoric times to the Romans.  Come along to enjoy lots of fun, hands-on family activities. 

(c) Sarah Phillips

Roman mosaics and other fun activities

 You can find Explore the Seafloor in the Maritime tent – so pop in and say hello!

Did you know that Wessex Archaeology’s Learning & Access team run Explore the Seafloor on behalf of the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund?  Find out what else the team has been up to on their Time Travelling by Water blog.

The Explore the Seafloor team will be running two events with the Wildlife Trust as part of NatiWildlife Trust Logoonal Marine Week, which runs from the 31st of July to the 15th of August.

National Marine Week (or fortnight in this case) celebrates all that is great about the sea.  Explore the Seafloor have partnered up with Wildlife Trust Visitors centres to run two events over this week. Visit our events and learn more about the fantastic marine life and archaeology that can be found on the seafloor.

Events

Saturday 8th of August: Reculver Visitor Centre and Country Park, Kent Wildlife Trust. 

Sunday 9th August: Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve, Essex Wildlife Trust. or click here for their Facebook page.

Click here to find out more about  National Marine Week  at the Wildlife Trust website