Coastal
Coastal habitats are found wherever the land meets the sea. With some 17,800km, the UK has one of the longest national coastlines in Europe. The coast is home to many habitats, with cliffs, rocky…
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Coastal Plants
Coastal plants found at Wembury and surrounding area
Coastal Detectives
Guided activities for KS1-3 exploring the coastal area, including stream dipping, wildlife wanders and geography workshops.
How to make a coastal garden
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
Marine
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Enormous flocks of geese, ducks and swans swirl down from wide skies to drop onto the flat, open expanses of flooded grazing marshes in winter. In spring, lapwing tumble overhead and the soft,…
Marine Worms
Learn about marine worms including Spirorbis tube worm and Honeycomb worm and the structures they create. A useful guide to worms when rockpooling at Wembury
Wembury Marine Centre
Found out more about the Wembury Marine Centre Partnership, additional funders and our history
Marine Wildlife Champions
Find out more about our Wildlife Champions project for schools
Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles
Learn about the marine mammals including dolphins, whales and seals, as well as visiting sea turtles that can be seen in the seas around Wembury near Plymouth.
Wembury Marine Conservation Area Advisory Group
Information about Wembury Marine Conservation Area Advisory Group - events, activities, Code of Conduct and contact details for the Chair Paul Naylor
My Summer Holiday with Wembury Marine Centre!
By Ben Fragell...
I have been visiting Wembury beach with my family since I was very young. I am now 16 and in the last few years have enjoyed going on the trips organised by Devon Wildlife…