Dinosaurs

Roarsome family fun making its debut at Northernhay Gardens

Coming to Exeter next month, Dinosaurs in the Park is an interactive experience that promises to be a hit with dino fans of all ages.

The immersive dinosaur-themed event will be held at various locations across the UK during the year, but is making its debut at Northernhay Gardens from Thursday 26th May until Sunday 12th June.

Created by the organisers of successful attractions like “Dinosaur Encounters” mini golf, the Bristol Christmas Markets, and pop-up Mojito Beach Bars, Dinosaurs in the Park is a whole day of fun for all the family.

Featuring 35 life-sized...

Dr Ben Garrod's So You Think You Know Dinosaurs

Event Date: 
04/03/2018 - 3:00pm to 4:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

THE INTERACTIVE, HIT STAGE SHOW RETURNS STARRING DINO AFICIONADO DR BEN GARROD

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs?

1hr 45m (incl. interval) Starring Ben Garrod.

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs is the hit stage show starring dinosaur aficionado Dr Ben Garrod. Get ready to go on an exciting pre-historic adventure as Ben talks you through the deadliest predators that ever roamed the planet. Yes dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Allosaurus and Spinosaurus would have walked or swam right where you are now!

Pitting the knowledge of unwitting parents...

Dinosaurs Descend on Exeter Cathedral School

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/16/2017 - 9:03am

Reception children at Exeter Cathedral School have rounded off their recent scheme of learning by holding their very own Dinosaur Day.

The pupils have been studying dinosaurs since returning to school in January, and this special celebration day saw them come to school dressed as their favourite prehistoric creature and perform a musical story of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs to an appreciative audience of parents and guests.

Liz Bowles, Reception teacher at ECS, said 'Dinosaurs has been a fantastic topic which has captured the imagination of both the children and...

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs

Event Date: 
26/02/2017 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Corn Exchange, Exeter

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs? will be a hands-on, fantastic fun-filled trip out for the whole family. Ben will give kids the chance to shout out what they already know and discover new strange Dino sights and sounds. From the longest, to the smallest, the tallest to the shortest, creepiest to cutest, Ben will have kids’ heads spinning with weird and wonderful stats and facts.

TV presenter and scientific expert Ben Garrod is best known for co-presenting the BBC One show Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur with the legendary wildlife TV presenter David Attenborough. Ben is...

So you think you know about dinosaurs?

Event Date: 
26/02/2017 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

Did dinosaurs eat their own families?

Was every Tyrannosaurus Rex a fearsome carnivore?

Why did Allosaurus head butt its prey to death?

Come and test your knowledge against Ben Garrod (the TV scientist in "Attenborough's Giant Dinosaur"). With the help of TV film footage and photos of his own palaeontological dinosaur digs, he will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs - and more.

This is an interactive show where children will be given the chance to ask questions and show off their dinosaur knowledge to the audience. Ben's assistant...

Royal Mail releases its British Dinosaurs Special Stamps today

Royal Mail today launches its Dinosaur Special Stamps issue to mark over 200 years of dinosaur fossil discoveries in what was the UK.

Dinosaurs have often been associated with North America and the exploration of the Wild West that began in the 1870s, but the earliest discoveries of dinosaurs and their contemporary marine and flying reptiles happened in England during the early 1800s.

The dinosaurs in this 10-stamp set have strong connections with Dorset and pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex. The set features...