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15.02.2022 - 18:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An outdoor woodland trail featuring all kinds of dinosaur is opening near Manchester this February half term.
Totally Roarsome has found a new home for its latest event, at Arley Hall in Cheshire, and it opens this Friday, February 18.
There will be more than 200 individual models making up the trail, which is aimed at families with primary school children.
Little ones will be able to get up close to the raptors, brontosaurus, spinosaurus, woolly mammoth, triceratops and stegosaurus.
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And there will be all kinds of other creatures and animals to keep them company, from sea creatures and unicorns, to aliens and farm animals.
It's a brand new location for the company, which has hosted previous events in Tameside and Salford, the most recent being Totally Christmas in Walkden in December.
Tickets have already been selling fast for Arley Hall, where the event runs from Friday until February 27 and then during weekends in March.
Groups enter every 15 minutes to space people apart and the trail takes between an hour and an hour-and-a-half to complete, depending on the pace of your little ones. The path is suitable for pushchairs and prams.
On entry, families are given a quiz sheet, featuring different levels of questions aimed at different age groups and the answers are on the fact boards as you make your way around.
Tickets, costing £8.95 each (under twos free), can be booked online. Entry price includes a free group photo to take home.
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