Roarr! The best places to see dinosaurs in the UK

Venture into pre-historic times to catch a glimpse of all the majestic creatures that roamed the earth. Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure in Norwich offers a unique family day out where your kids can learn all about dinosaurs and how they lived, as well as enjoying high ropes courses, soft play centres, a splash park, petting zoo and more.
When: Daily
Where: Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure , Lenwade, Norwich, NR9 5JW

Step back in time with Brick Dinos at the Horniman Museum in South London. Discover the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods like never before and meet dinosaurs and other prehistoric giants face to face, each one built using Lego bricks! In this family-friendly exhibition, some of the largest beasts to ever walk the earth have been recreated in miniature. Meet the raptor-like Masiakasaurus, a life-sized flying pterosaur, the swamp-dwelling, crocodile-like Sarcosuchus, and a new Polacanthus model on display for the first time. The exhibition also features rarely seen specimens from the Horniman's stores, and a range of hands-on activities for children to enjoy, including build your own dinosaur and digging for fossils.
When: Until 29 Oct 2023
Where: Horniman Museum and Gardens , 100 London Road, London SE23 3PQ

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The Natural History Museum's iconic Diplodocus cast, known affectionately as 'Dippy', is now on display in Coventry. The Jurassic giant is on display at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum for three years from February 2023 for the free-to-visit installation Dippy in Coventry: The Nation's Favourite Dinosaur.
Where: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum , Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP
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See dinosaur skeletons, walk among life-size reconstructions of a Stegosaurus and a T rex, and learn through hands-on interactive displays at the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester. Here you can see and touch all kinds of dino treasures, including real fossil displays of dinosaur heads, teeth, eggs and even poo!
When: Open daily
Where: The Dinosaur Museum , Icen Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1E

Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is a museum in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, owned and run by Palaeontologist Steve Davies and his wife Jenny. The museum contains a spectacular collection of local Jurassic marine fossils. The collection grows each year and is now one of the best fossil collections on public display in South West England.
When: Feb-Oct 23
Where: Dinosaurland Fossil Museum , Coombe Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3PY

Jurassic Live is a roarsome new experience, and the closest you'll ever come to meeting a real dinosaur! This thrilling new stage adventure follows team of rangers on the hunt for a missing dinosaur. Along the way you'll meet and greet dinosaurs from the Cretaceous and Jurassic eras in this live stage show featuring the mighty T-Rex, Velociraptor, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and more!
When & Where: Jurassic Live tours the UK throughout 2023

Discover Dinosaur Valley at Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park in Bristol. Visit, and you can meet the South West’s largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs, including a baby Diplodocus, Triceratops and baby Raptors; take part in fossil excavation activities; watch a live dinosaur show; and complete a self-guided dino-themed quest.
When: throughout the spring / summer
Where: Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park , Pixash Lane, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1TP

The Ampersand Hotel's Jurassic-themed afternoon tea takes its cue from the nearby Natural History Museum's fantastic collection of dinosaur fossils and replica skeletons. Alongside savoury treats such as mini hot dogs, T-Rex cheese straws, dinosaur jam sandwiches and homemade scones, you can also enjoy a raspberry and lemon crémeux volcano eruption, a chocolate and caramel dinosaur egg nest, a T-Rex footprint macaron, and a Mini dinosaur biscuit & milk chocolate fossil.
When: Afternoon tea is available Monday to Sunday between 12 and 5:30pm in the hotel's Apero restaurant
Where: The Ampersand Hotel , 10 Harrington Road, South Kensington, London SW7 3ER

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Watch out for the terrifying life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex who wakes every hour, on the hour at the Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park in Devon. He lives among more than 19 animatronic and static dinosaur models at the park, along with real and replica fossils inside the Dinosaur Museum.
When: Open daily
Where: Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park , Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 0NG

The star specimens in the Natural History Museum's world famous dinosaurs collection include part of the first Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered; the first skeleton of Iguanodon known to science; and the world's most complete Stegosaurus skeleton. Your kids are most likely to remember the snarling animatronic T rex ... she's quite something! From March 2023, you can step into the world of the colossal titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum, the largest known creature to have ever walked our planet. For the first time ever, Patagotitan mayorum will be going on display in Europe, at the Natural History Museum in London. Don't miss your chance to see this extraordinary dinosaur up close at a fun, interactive exhibition for all the family.
When: Open daily
Where: Natural History Museum , Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD

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Did you know palaeontologists call T-Rex teeth 'banana teeth' due to their shape and size? Learn about this and more at Dino Barn, a brilliant indoor attraction at All Things Wild in Worcestershire. Find out about the reptiles that lived in the seas millions of years ago; discover dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; and see life-sized replicas as well as real fossils. Don't miss the chance to take your photo with a T-Rex and Triceratops skull...
When: 10am To 5pm every day
Where: Dino Barn at All Things Wild , Station Road, Honeybourne, Near Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 7QZ

Using stunning puppetry to bring remarkably life-like dinosaurs to the stage, Dinosaur World Live presents a host of impressive pre-historic creatures including everyone's favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex! The show introduces Miranda, daughter of palaeontologists, who grew up surrounded by dinosaurs on a far-away island off the coast of South America. She has brought her pre-historic pals to our shores and would love you to meet them. Warning: some of these dinosaurs aren't as docile as they seem!
When & Where: Dinosaur World Live tours the UK until Jul 23

Explore the World of Dinosaur Roar Discovery Trail at Godstone Farm in Surrey. You'll find life-size dinosaur models in a natural woodland setting, bringing to life the delightful series of The World of Dinosaur Roar! children's books and characters created by Peter Curtis, based on Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland, and produced in association with the Natural History Museum in London.
When: Open daily, 9.30-4.45pm
Where: Godstone Farm , Tilburstow Hill Road, Godstone, RH9 8LX

If your kids fancy combining their love of dinosaurs with some crazy golf, you're in luck! There are several dino-themed mini golf courses around the UK, including Jurassic Falls , Waltham Forest; Dinosaur Escape , Northolt; Dinosaur Safari , Borehamwood, and Jurassic Adventure Golf in Teignmouth, Devon.

The Dinosaur Trail in the Wilderness Garden at Knebworth House is very popular with visitors of all ages. There are 72 life-sized dinosaurs and pre-historic creatures to be found grazing among the shrubbery. Explore the woodland paths and learn about T rex, the Woolly Mammoth and other pre-historic creatures. There are information boards throughout the Dinosaur Trail and a huge chalk board for creating your own ‘cave-man drawings’. Look out for the wind-up sound box to make some awesome dinosaur roars!
Where: Knebworth House , Old Knebworth Lane, Stevenage SG1 2AX

Meet Dinosaur ROAR the Tyrannosaurus rex; Dinosaur STOMP the Triceratops; Dinosaur WHACK the Stegosaurus; Dinosaur WHIZZ the Coelophysis; Dinosaur FLAP the Oviraptor; Dinosaur BOO the Deinonychus; and Dinosaur MUNCH the Diplodocus at Manor Farm Park & Woodlands in East Leake. This permanent new dinosaur attraction is perfect for families and little ones of all ages and is suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
When: Daily, 10am-5pm
Where: Manor Farm Park & Woodlands , Castle Hill, East Leake, Near Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6LU

Dinosaurs in an aquarium? Of course! Combine your kids' love of prehistoric creatures with a day out learning about the oceans at Sealife Adventure in Southend on Sea. Their Pangaea exhibit will take you back in time and help you discover a huge variety of dinosaurs in a truly immersive experience. Look closer and you will discover some 'living dinosaurs'; animals who have been around on earth sometimes even before the dinosaurs!
When: Open daily, 10-5pm or 8pm
Where: Sealife Adventure , Eastern Esplanade, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS1 2ER

Explore the UK's largest dinosaur forest at Port Lympne in Kent. Walk through 3 acres of natural woodland, discovering dinosaurs at every turn. Don't forget to download the Port Lympne app before you go: there are some superb VR dino treats you won't want to miss!
When: Open daily, 9.30am-5.30pm
Where: Port Lympne , Aldington Road, Lympne, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4LR

Meet lifesize casts a Megalosaurus and a fearsome Allosaurus in the Dinosaur Gallery of the World Museum in Liverpool. There are also fossilised reptile footprints, dinosaur poo and bones – and the occasional visit from a fabulous young T rex.
When: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-6pm
Where: World Museum , William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN

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Visit the awesome Wookey Hole in Somerset and combine your cave adventures with the chance to meet dinosaurs. At Wookey Hole's Dinosaur Grove you can get up close and personal with some of these magnificent, prehistoric beasts. Watch out though, some of them move!
When: Daily Apr to Oct and during Winter Wonderland in December; weekends from Nov to Mar
Where: Wookey Hole , The Mill, High Street, Wells BA5 1BB

Come face to face with a terrifying T rex, mighty marine reptiles, awesome pterodactyls and more than 30 other stunning prehistoric creatures on the Dinosaur Safari at Blackpool Zoo. Tiptoe through four prehistoric ages, over running streams and behind a curtain of water, while sound effects and thousands of authentic plants bring the prehistoric world to life.
When: Daily from 10am. Closing times vary
Where: Blackpool Zoo , East Park Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8PP

Get ready for a roarsome display on as BrickLive brings Brickosaurs to The Engine House on the Severn Valley Railway this May half term. Take a tour around the Highley visitor centre and travel back thousands of years to see Velociraptors, Diplocaulus, Ankylosaur, a trio of Archaeoceratops and much more – made from more than 500,000 lego bricks. You'll have a 'dino-mite' day as you travel by steam train and experience the golden age of heritage travel, before seeing the brick-built Jurassic Age in all its wonder!
When: 27 May-4 Jun 23
Where: The Engine House Visitor & Education Centre , Station Road, Highley, Bridgnorth WV16 6NZ

Follow The World of Dinosaur Roar! Discovery Trail at Farmer Palmer's Farm Park in Poole, and see what dinosaurs you can find! If you’re a fan of The World of Dinosaur Roar! or just love dinosaurs, this is the perfect day out for you.
Where: The World of Dinosaur Roar! Discovery Trail, Farmer Palmer's Farm Park , Wareham Road, Organford, Poole BH16 6EU

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Tiptoe through the jaws of a mighty T-rex and bravely step into dinosaur territory at Drusillas in East Sussex. Once you are over the threshold, get ready to roar and claw your way through this fantastic prehistoric walk-through. Look out for the friendly Triceratops family, but beware the spitting Dilophosaurus!
Where: Drusillas Park , Alfriston Road, East Sussex BN26 5QS

Visit Fonmon Castle, explore the prehistoric woodlands and get your child’s imagination racing as you make your way between fierce and scary dinosaurs... Help the costumed dinosaur hunters find their lost dinosaur and return the park to safety. Then enjoy a spot of fossil hunting in the Dinosaur Dig Pits, before refuelling at the Dino Dome themed restaurant.
When: Open daily (summer season). And Fri-Sun, Bank Holidays and during school holidays the rest of the year
Where: Fonmon Castle , Fonmon, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 3ZN

Deep in the depths of the labs at the Dinosaur Park in Tenby, terrifying creatures have been brought back to life! Step back through the mists of time where iconic creatures like the T rex, Velociraptor and other beasts are waiting for you around every corner...
When: Daily in summer; various weekends in autumn
Where: The Dinosaur Park , Gumfreston, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8RB

Explore one of the world's largest dinosaur parks at the National Showcaves in the Brecon Beacons. See more than 220 life-sized dinosaur models, and get up close and personal with some of the monsters from millions of years ago. Face the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex; meet the massive Brachiosaurus; and wonder at the strange crest on the Tsintaosaurus' head!
When: Open daily
Where: Dan-yr-Ogof, The National Showcaves Centre for Wales , Abercrave, Swansea SA9 1GJ

Established by Dugald Ross in 1976 when he was only a teenager, the Staffin Dinosaur Museum on the Isle of Skye is a remarkable place to visit. Ross was inspired by the 4,000-year-old flint arrowheads he'd found while out exploring as a kid. Dugald has had a lifelong interest in the district's history, archaeology, landscape and geology: visit the museum, and he'll show you these local treasures in person.
When: Open Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm
Where: Staffin Dinosaur Museum , Ellishadder, Culnacnoc, Portree, IV51 9JE

Take a trip through the Dino Mine, hear dinosaur stories and facts in the Dino Den, dig for fossils, and have fun on a bouncy dinosaur... all at Dino Park in Dumfries. Dinky dinos will love the dino-themed soft play – lots of fun, whatever the weather.
When: Open daily, 10am-4pm
Where: Dino Park , Hetland Garden Centre, Carrutherstown, Dumfries, DG1 4JX

Witness more than 20 moving, roaring, life-sized dinosaurs at the Dinosaur Kingdom at Landmark Forest Adventure Park in the Scottish Highlands. As well as a 90-foot long diplodocus, you can meet a triceratops, stegosaurus, velociraptors and, of course, the dreaded T rex! Don't miss the sit-on dinosaurs, the dino slide, or the under-cover fossil dig area, for dino fun whatever the weather.
When: Open daily
Where: Landmark Forest Adventure Park , Carrbridge, PH23 3AJ

Meet more than 20 life-size gnarling, stomping, screeching dinosaurs behind the Jurassic Park style gates in the centre of Blair Drummond Safari Park. The bespoke beasts feature realistic silicone skin and are controlled by infrared sensors: watch out for their blinking eyes, 'breathing', and other life-like movements. We're big fans of the Stegosaurus, the flying Pteranodon and the Oviraptor with her eggs ...
When: Open daily, 9.30am-5.30pm
Where: Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park , Blair Drummond, Stirling, FK9 4UR

See the only real, near complete, dinosaur skeleton on display anywhere in the island of Ireland at the Ulster Museum. This Edmontosaurus skeleton is 6m long and more than 2m high: you'll find it among many other prehistoric treasures in the Window on our World Nature Zone in the museum.
When: Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm
Where: Ulster Museum , Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Antrim, BT9 5AB

Unleash your inner explorer in The Lost Planet at w5 in Belfast, where dinosaurs orbit in space! This multi-sensory activity zone where dinosaurs rule, is aimed at 3 to 11 year olds. Inside you can discover fun facts about the universe as you step into The Lost Planet and morph into space explorers!
When: Open daily
Where: W5 , The Odyssey, 2 Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9QQ

Meet dinosaurs alongside ponies, chicks, rabbits, reptiles and guinea pigs at Ark Open Farm in Newtownards. There's also tractor trailer rides, indoor and outdoor play areas, and more to explore for a fab day out for the whole family.
When: Open daily
Where: Ark Open Farm , 296A Bangor Road, Newtownards, BT23 7PH