Torquay's Dinosaur World
Museums & Science Centres · Torquay, Devon
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Closed — opens Saturday at 11am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Dogs welcome
No parking of its own. Venue lists public pay-and-display car parks within about five minutes' walk: Lower Union Street, Beacon Quay and Meadfoot Road.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Torquay's Dinosaur World is a compact indoor exhibition close to the inner harbour, built around full-size and scaled dinosaur models set in landscaped scenes. Children can sit on some of the bigger beasts, brush through sand in excavation areas to uncover replica teeth, bones and claws, and try a family quiz that moves them round the displays. Information boards give facts about many species, which suits fact-hungry young dinosaur fans as well as adults who want something to do on a wet or hot day. The exhibition is all under one roof and is generally a visit of an hour or so, depending on how much reading and play each person wants. There is a dinosaur-themed souvenir shop with models, fossils and books. Food cannot be eaten inside, so families plan to eat before or after the visit in the town centre.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Buggy hooksTurns a pushchair into a trolley.
- Silicone placematCafé tables are cleaner with one of these on them.
- Plasters
- Teething gel
- Tablet headrest mountFor the long way home, not the day itself.
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