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Our peer-reviewed report into the bathymetric (sea floor) modelling carried out by Dover Harbour Board for their dredging licence application has now been published. It is being widely circulated amongst …

An eagle-eyed supporter spotted this Times article from 100 yeara ago.  Thank you Alec!

We were delighted to be invited to talk about the work of the Conservation Trust with Lee Ackers for his Midday Meet Up on Deal Radio.  Click on the title …

We are delighted to have been invited to join the Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee – a group of respected individuals and organisations in the world of maritime archaeology whose …

Dr Daniel Pascoe of Pascoe Archaeology and Alison James of MSDS Marine explain to BBC Radio Kent why we must act now to save the wreck of the warship HMS …

Country LIfe magazine has written a very well balanced article article about the Port of Dover’s plans to abandon dredging the Goodwin Sands.  credit Country Life 26 October 2022 www.countrylife.co.uk

The recent Launch Night of the joint Dark and Stormy art exhibition with the Trust and the Taylor-Jones gallery in Deal was a great success!   About 100 people filled the gallery …

In April, feature writer Ed Cumming of The Daily Telegraph wrote an excellent article about our campaign to Save Our Sands from marine aggregate extraction.  

We can’t wait to see the whole film!  Enjoy this trailer tease of diving HMS Northumberland by Dan Pascoe and his team.  Fabulous photography as always from Michael Pitts  

There’s been much activity on the Goodwin Sands over the past few months. Read all about it in our autumn newsletter!

In August 2021, licencee Dr Doug McElvogue and his team spent five days exploring the wreck of HMS Restoration – one of four Royal Navy warships that sank during the Great Storm of …

Read the article about the 12 year routine survey in the Kent Mercury.    

Better posted late than never but this excellent article by Robert Hartman of the Daily Mail encapsulates exactly what we are fighting to conserve. Battle of Britain Daily Mail 15 …

Read about the recent seabed survey of the Goodwin Sands online from the Isle of Thanet News.

Heart warming and wonderful underwater footage of a seal pup curious about visitors to its home on the Goodwin Sands.  Note how the strong current is turning the propellor blades. …

Photo: examining the cauldron by Michael Pitts Read about Dan Pascoe’s race against time to protect the historic wreck of the Royal Navy warship HMS Northumberland that was lost on the Goodwins …

If you missed our June 2021 newsletter, you can read it here.  (Click on the title first)

We are delighted and proud to be included on the new website about Deal High Street.  Check out http://www.highstreetdeal.co.uk (click on the title first) to find out what is going on in …

Writer Deborah Moggach discusses with Ivan Wise of the Better Known Show, six things which should be better known.  Top of her list is the Goodwin Sands. Deborah has written …

If you didn’t get our February 2021 newsletter, you can read it here.

In January, we were invited to join a webinar at the University of Kent’s Centre for Heritage entitled  ‘Preserving Underwater Heritage: Perspectives and Challenges’.  The discussion focused on the issues …

We are delighted that Dan Pascoe of Pascoe Archaeology and the University of Bournemouth has agreed to be our first retained archaeologist. We are really looking forward to working with …

An unidentified sail-powered collier that sank on the Goodwin Sands has been granted national legal protection by the government.  It is one of two wrecks added to Historic England’s list …

  Read ITV Meridian’s report on making a mockery of marine conservation status. Dover Harbour Board’s claim that the project will create hundreds of new jobs is disingenuous to say …

We hope many of you will be amongst the 165,000 to have read this excellent article by Karen McVeigh of The Guardian about the problems facing the Goodwin Sands MCZ …

Following the Benyon Report published earlier this year, the government has now launched a Call for Evidence giving the public the opportunity to express their opinion regarding the five proposed …

The Conservation Trust has received grants from Kent County Council, the Roger de Haan Charitable Trust, Walmer Parish Council, and Deal Town Council to install a unique double-sided  Historic Information …