Marine Discovery Whitby CIC

27/08/2026

Happy international dog day!!! From our staffs doggos to yours.

For a small team we are all animal mad here!!

REMINDER -> dogs are welcome in our visitors centre as well as lobby releases. 🦞🦞

Stay Clawsome or should u say Pawsome 😂🦞🐶

18/08/2026

11/08/2026

🦞 SAVE THE DATE: Monday 17th August 🦞

Join us for a Rockpool Safari and Lobster Release at East Cliff Flats!

🌊 12-2pm: we'll start with a short rockpool safari, exploring the amazing creatures that live along our tidal shores
🦞 1-2pm: then help us release our young lobsters, timed with the incoming tide so they can safely make their way out to sea

📹 The North York Moors National Park team will be filming on the day too, so keep an eye out for some behind-the-scenes footage!

📍 Meet at East Cliff Flats, accessed via the East Pier at the end of Henrietta Street, Whitby YO22 4DW

📲 Find out more and let us know you're coming here: https://orlo.uk/G5I5Z

🥾 Walking boots or wellies strongly recommended

👨‍👧‍👦 All children must be supervised by a parent/guardian
Thank you to Whitby Lobster Hatchery River Esk Connect - REConnect Groundwork NE & Cumbria Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership North York Moors National Park The National Lottery Community Fund Yorkshire Wildlife Trust York St John University Whitby, Scarborough and Ryedale Disability Action Group for supporting this event 💙

29/07/2026

‼️DEADLINE EXTENDED - BUT NOT FOR LONG‼️

🎨We’re pushing the Calendar Competition deadline back to 7th August 2026 - but that’s still just one more week, so don’t leave it too late!🖌️

📸Artists, photographers, sculptors, creatives - this is your chance. We’re searching for stunning artwork to feature in our 2027 WLH Calendar, and we want entries from ALL ages.👧

🧛‍♂️Inspiration? Lobsters in all their glory, Whitby’s iconic coastline, rock pools, the hatchery, spooky Halloween lobsters … the sea is your oyster!🦪

Free to enter • A4 landscape • One entry per person • NEW deadline: 7th August 2026

Link in bio to submit! Every calendar sold supports our lobster conservation work !!

🦞STAY CLAWSOME🦞

24/07/2026

11/07/2026

Runswick Bay Rescue Boat and Whitby Lobster Hatchery team up for latest release of juvenile lobsters.
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13/05/2026

‼️THIS IS NOT A DEAD LOBSTER!‼️

🦞This is the moulted exoskeleton of one of our rare resident lobsters at the Marine Discovery Centre. It was very exciting morning find and we were lucky to retrieve it intact! 🦞

🐚Lobsters have to moult that hard outer shell in order to get bigger which, can be a difficult process. The old shell is split between the tail and carapace and they have to pull themselves out. Lobsters often loose claws, legs and antenna in this process but can regrow them. They then swell with the sea water and gain in size by around 10-15 %. 🌊

💙This lobster is maybe 1 in a million due to its colouration! Split down the middle, half orange and half blue. The European Lobster is normally a navy blue and only goes red when you cook it (unless you have a rare genetic mutation like this guy)! 🧡

🦞STAY CLAWSOME🦞

24/04/2026

🌊 We're Hiring — Come and Be Part of Something Whitby

We're looking for a passionate and creative person to join the Whitby Marine Discovery Centre team as our Engagement Officer & Story Curator on the Sea Story project — a two-year community heritage programme.

This is a truly unique role. You'll be at the heart of Whitby's community, working with local fishers, older residents, school children, families and volunteers to capture, curate and share the maritime stories that have shaped this town. Stories that — without projects like this — risk being lost forever.

What you'll be doing:
😀Working alongside our team at the Discovery Centre
🏃Engaging with the public and visiting groups
🎙 Recording oral histories and memories from local people
🏫 Delivering intergenerational workshops in schools and the community
🎬 Supporting the creation of digital storytelling and a community stop-motion animation
🖼 Helping shape our new interactive Heritage Wall and interpretation displays
🤝 Building and supporting a team of volunteers
🎉 Organising community events and a final celebration showcase

This is a creative, people-centred role perfect for someone who cares deeply about communities, heritage, and the power of storytelling. Local knowledge and a love of Whitby are a real plus.

📍 Based at Whitby Marine Discovery Centre, with community work across Whitby
⏱ Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) · Fixed-term 24 months
🗓 Start date: June 2026

Full job description and details on how to apply 👉 https://marinediscoverywhitby.co.uk/