Dinosaurs are taking over Heaton Park this summer.
From July 20 until August 6, 'Dinosaurs in the Park' is coming to one of the largest parks in the North West to make this a summer holiday to remember for families.
40 life-sized realistic animatronic dinosaurs from the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods come to life and provide a truly immersive experience.
Take a walk back in time along the dinosaur trail and Stop off for some fun activities at the interactive zone, where you can take a look at some fossils, grab a bite to eat or take a ride on the ferris wheel.
We went down to explore the trail on opening day and take a closer look at these huge dinosaurs!
From July 20 until August 6, 'Dinosaurs in the Park' is coming to one of the largest parks in the North West to make this a summer holiday to remember for families.
40 life-sized realistic animatronic dinosaurs from the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods come to life and provide a truly immersive experience.
Take a walk back in time along the dinosaur trail and Stop off for some fun activities at the interactive zone, where you can take a look at some fossils, grab a bite to eat or take a ride on the ferris wheel.
We went down to explore the trail on opening day and take a closer look at these huge dinosaurs!
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00:00 Well I'm not sure that I know any child that doesn't love dinosaurs.
00:03 So, you know, it's really inspiring because you can come along, it's really exciting.
00:08 And I think it's just the sheer size of them and the fact that, you know, they move, they
00:12 make noise.
00:13 It's really, you know, it's great for their imagination as well to kind of see these dinosaurs
00:17 come to life.
00:18 Dinosaurs are taking over Heaton Park this summer.
00:21 From the 20th of July until the 6th of August, Dinosaurs in the Park is coming to one of
00:26 the largest parks in the Northwest to make this a summer holiday to remember for families.
00:32 40 life-sized, realistic, animatronic dinosaurs from the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous
00:38 periods come to life and provide a truly immersive experience.
00:43 Take a walk back in time along the dinosaur trail and stop off for some fun activities
00:47 at the Interactive Zone, where you can take a look at some fossils, grab a bite to eat
00:52 or take a ride on the Ferris Wheel.
00:54 We went down to explore the trail on opening day and take a closer look at these huge dinosaurs.
01:00 We really wanted to come to Manchester.
01:01 Obviously, it's a huge city and we knew it was going to be a great family attraction.
01:06 And when we found Heaton Park, we were really thrilled.
01:08 It's a beautiful park and it's been the perfect setting for the dinosaurs.
01:12 So we have 39 animatronic life-sized dinosaurs.
01:16 We set them on a trail and they're split into herbivores and carnivores.
01:20 And then we have lots of dinosaur hands-on related activities.
01:24 It's very educational.
01:25 So all of our dinosaurs have little information about them.
01:29 And we also have kind of an expert, Dr. Dean Lomax, who's been working with us and telling
01:35 us about exciting new discoveries.
01:37 And we've got a new model of a new discovery that was made in 2020.
01:40 It was a little bit muddy underfoot with the weather, but there's a dinosaur trail so you
01:45 can go through and discover all the dinosaurs.
01:47 Obviously, they're life-size, so it's really great to kind of see the perspective of how
01:50 big they would have been.
01:52 And then when you've done the trail, there's lots of different activities you can do.
01:55 You can design your own dinosaur and see it come to life.
01:58 We've got different hands-on excavation digs.
02:01 We've got bouncy castle, mini golf.
02:04 We've got some children's rides.
02:06 All sorts of anything dinosaur related, we've got it.
02:09 You can even get involved with brushing a dinosaur's teeth as you make your way along
02:14 the trail, passing the herbivores and carnivores.
02:17 You can bring a picnic.
02:18 There's food available, so you can make a day of it.
02:21 There's lots of seating.
02:22 We've got picnic benches, so you can just come along and have hopefully a day in the
02:26 sunshine.
02:27 We've got some activities which are in the event field.
02:30 So we've got Design-a-saurus, where you can create your own design of a dinosaur and see
02:33 it come to life when it's animated.
02:36 We've got the paleontologist tent.
02:37 We've got excavation digs.
02:39 We've got some children's rides, big wheel, mini golf, lots of different activities that
02:43 children can engage with.
02:44 It's perfect for all ages.
02:46 Children three and under are free, so they have free entry.
02:50 Anybody that's interested in dinosaurs can come along.
02:52 The brachiosaurus, he's enormous.
02:54 He's my favourite.
02:55 And the ichthyosaur.
02:57 But the brachiosaurus is the biggest of our collection, and yeah, he's my favourite.
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