Weymouth - Jurassic walks etc

DA9

Apart from the Jurassic skyline, can anyone recommend a Jurassic walk/ beach etc for a dinosaur mad 5 year old to visit?

TIA

DaveMehmet

Charmouth next to Lyme Regis is good for finding fossils mate. Sift through the shingle at the shoreline as the waves disturb it, there’s loads there.

Beardface

swords_alive

https://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/buy-tickets-online

Is in Dorchester. Could be fun.
£8.50 adults, £6.50 kids.

A-R-T-H-U-R

What DM said.
They even do guided hunts there.
With a 5 year old you could pop out to one of the shops early doors, buy a nice ammonite and help your lad 'find' it in the clays.
He wont forget that in a hurry.

DaveMehmet

Alternatively you could always take him to The Millers on a Friday night, there's always a few brontosauruses roaming about in there.

DaveMehmet

A-R-T-H-U-R said:

What DM said.
They even do guided hunts there.
With a 5 year old you could pop out to one of the shops early doors, but a nice ammonite and help your lad 'find' it in the clays.
He wont forget that in a hurry.

Cracking idea

SporadicAddick

Kimmeridge Bay may be a bit too far from you (It's towards Wareham), but worth looking at. Plenty of fossils to pick up and plenty to find on the clay beds (look at tide times if going - there's also a fossil collection in the village).

Cordoban Addick

Might be too far in the future if you are on holiday.

http://www.portlandmuseum.co.uk/event/dino-day-3/?instance_id=36

Leroy Ambrose

Chesil Beach. Bivalves literally lying on the beach amongst the pebbles

Lyme Regis is good for bigger fossils, but you tend to only find pieces unless you're organised, and have tools

DA9

Thanks all

Curb_It

Monkey World down there too, unless he's only interested in dinosaurs.

Fanny Fanackapan

Curb_It said:

Monkey World down there too, unless he's only interested in dinosaurs.

And Bovington Tank Museum .

Greenie

Curb_It said:

Monkey World down there too, unless he's only interested in dinosaurs.

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Curb_It said:

Monkey World down there too, unless he's only interested in dinosaurs.

And Bovington Tank Museum .

Both cracking places to visit. Bovington has one of only two complete working Tiger tanks from WW2.

Brendan_O_Connell

DA9 said:

Apart from the Jurassic skyline, can anyone recommend a Jurassic walk/ beach etc for a dinosaur mad 50 year old to visit?

TIA

Fixed it for you!

Stig

Leroy Ambrose said:

Chesil Beach. Bivalves literally lying on the beach amongst the pebbles

Lyme Regis is good for bigger fossils, but you tend to only find pieces unless you're organised, and have tools

A big chunk of Chesil beach is closed through the summer to protect nesting Terns. I don't think it's that much that a 5 year old would feel restricted though.

Wilma

Not dinosaurs, but the swannery at Abbotsbury is a good place to visit. Kids can feed the swans. There's also a children's farm nearby.

https://abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk/swannery/

Daarrzzetbum

I live 3 miles fromLulworth Cove, if the range walks are open try Fossil Woods to the left Lulworth as you face the sea, Monkey World & The Dorchester Museum are nearby would be great for a 5 year old + his dad/GDad

Stig

Durdle Door is good fun.

lancashire lad

Take a day off from fossels and visit the Swanage Railway for a trip to Corfe and the castle, there are at least 3 Charlton supporters who are volunteers on the railway.

Covered End

Not for this week but the O2 have a walking with dianosaurs in a couple of weeks.
£30 for a family of four. Looks brilliant for kids if they wouldn't be terrified.

https://www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/walking-with-dinosaurs?cid=THEO2_Internal_WWD_HPTO_Organic_301017

https://tickets.axs.com/shop/#/FAM00-8cf6-49fb-b7c8-95f9df3f9537/shop/search?skin=theo2&lang=en&locale=en-GB&preFill=1&eventid=345090&ec=O2L180814&src=AEGAXS1_WMAIN&fbShareURL=www.axs.com/uk/events/345090/walking-with-dinosaurs-tickets?&ref=evs_fb