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Dino Kingdom
AT GUNNERSBURY PARK
Gunnersbury Park is being turned into Jurassic Park this April. Created by the company who put on the Spice Road Chinese lantern trails in Chiswick House Gardens a few years ago, Dino Kingdom has more than 50 dinosaur models on show, ranging up to 18 metres tall.
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Unlike the lantern festival, these models are solid and some are designed for children to climb on. They are animatronic, so some will move and roar. There will also be a funfair and food and drink available to buy. The dinosaurs have been on show before in Manchester and Nottingham but this is the first time they will have put in an appearance in London. They range from the smallest, the Veloceraptors, to the largest, the mighty Apatosaurus, mostly between five and seven metres long. The organisers say the dinosaurs, made in China with 3D augmentation, are the most anatomically accurate recreation of dinosaurs outside museums. As visitors
walk through they can download the accompanying app and scan the QR codes to learn more about the creatures they are looking at. There will also be an ‘archeological dig’ where children can discover ‘fossils’ and giant eggs in a sandpit. One important thing to note is that dogs are not allowed in Dino Kingdom (with the exception of sight / support dogs). Full price tickets for adults are £17 at peak times / £14 off-peak. Children (3 – 15) £15 / £12 (infants free). Family tickets (set of four) £59 / £49. Off-peak times are the opening Friday, 1 April and week-days Monday 4 – Thursday 7 and Monday 11 – Wednesday 13 April. Once you have entered Dino Kingdom you will be able to stay as long as you like. The site is wheelchair accessible, in that it is flat, but with the proviso that if it has been raining it will be hard going, as there are no pathways laid down.
Book tickets on the Dino Kingdom website: dinokingdom.com
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