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Home > FEATURED-STORIES > This half term go fossil walking with experts from Dinosaur Isle

This half term go fossil walking with experts from Dinosaur Isle

By Caroline King - February 14, 2013Posted in : FEATURED-STORIES, Walks

Fossil Hunting Walks, Yaverland Beach, Isle of Wight with Dinosaur Isle When: 17th – 23rd February 2013 (half term)

Where: Isle of Wight

£: The cost of each walk, which will last up to two hours, is 4.80 for adults, 3.20 for children (aged 3-15 years) and 4 for seniors and students.  Family tickets for two adults and two children cost 15 and 17 for two adults and three children.

What is it?

Take the family on a Fossil Walk this half term along a beach on the Isle of Wight led by an expert from Dinosaur Isle, Britain’s first purpose-built dinosaur museum.  The series of morning and afternoon walks will be held daily from 17th to 23rd February starting from various points at Yaverland, Shanklin, Compton and Brook.  They will give walkers a chance to discover what Cretaceous fossils the winter storms may have uncovered.

More info: Places can be booked by calling 01983 404344 or in person at the museum’s shop; details can also be found on www.dinosaurisle.com.

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