Dinosaurs unleashed on city centre

Tickets now on sale for roar-some exhibition at cathedral

For the first time in millions of years, dinosaurs roamed the streets of Peterborough – as tickets for a summer exhibition at the cathedral went on sale.

Tickets for the T.rex: The Killer Question, exhibition went on sale on Thursday, and to celebrate a number of ‘dinosaurs’ were set free around the city.

The exhibition will arrive at Peterborough Cathedral on July 18, and will feature the Natural History Museum’s touring collection of animatronic dinosaurs.

This entertaining and engaging exhibition includes roaring and moving dinosaurs of various sizes, as well as dinosaur scenes and a life-size T.rex skeleton. It poses the killer question: Was T.rex a ferocious hunter or a mere scavenger?

In the exhibition you will be able to study the behaviour of several different dinosaur species, from the small and agile Sauronitholestes, to the savage Dromaeosaurus and the plant-eating Tenontosaurus. Bones and fossils will also be on display, to see what they can tell us about T.rex.

To promote the event, the inflatable dinosaurs went round the city – from the cathedral to Queensgate – to see as many families as possible.

Tickets to see T.rex: The Killer Question are £6 per child (aged three-16 years), £8 per adult and £25 for a family ticket (two adults and up to three children aged three-16 years, or one adult and up to four children aged three-16 years). A booking fee applies. The tickets are available via the cathedral’s website www. peterborough-cathedral.org. uk/t.rex or by calling Ticket Source on 0333 666 3366 during office hours an (additional £1.80 fee applies).

Anyone who would like to keep in touch with the cathedral as plans for the exhibition move forward is invited to join ‘Team T.rex’, for dinosaurrelated updates. To join free, simply email t.rex@peterborough-cathedral.org.uk.

The cathedral is particularly grateful to the companies which are supporting the exhibition in various ways, including Anglian Compressors & Equipment Ltd, Henson Crisp Ltd, Independent Financial Advisers, Speed Agency and Aspray Peterborough. Any other companies which are interested in becoming sponsors are invited to email dawn. caplin@peterboroughcathedraltrust.org.uk or call 01733 355311.