* In the Dinosaur Venture Park at Weston Park, Lenwade, in Norfolk, life-size giants lurk along a woodland trail. Here, you can discover woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and cave bears.
The education centre provides videos, exhibits and illusrations. In the fossil workshop, children can see fossils that are 200 million years old.
Tel: 01603 870245. www.dinosaurpark.co.uk Admission: pound;3.75 children, pound;4.75 adults, one free to eight children. Includes talk and fossil workshop.