The Iguanadon Restaurant - West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust

The West Somerset Heritage Trust invites you to dine inside the belly of an Iguanodon.

At the Gauge Museum at Bishops Lydeard!

The Iguanodon Restaurant is an outdoor theatre performance for families inspired by a famous banqueting scene in a 35-foot Victorian iguanodon. Highly visual, funny, peculiar, we bring you a 35 minute hilarious romp through 60 years of history and scientific discovery. The story focuses on famous fossil discoveries and the birth of geology. Travelling at rollicking speed from Lyme Regis in 1812 through the Kent and Sussex Weald before arriving, breathless, at Crystal Palace Park in 1853. The show inspires audiences in their geological landscape, and local and national history, and it draws attention to the importance of fossils and how they transcended from curious charms to the embodiment of prehistoric life. As the story unfolds eccentric characters emerge from history. They compete for fame, laying claim to the biggest and oldest dinosaur bones. They raised shocking new questions: How come these creatures no longer exist? And, what does this tell us about the world we live in? Blancmanges spin and pigeons fly from pies in The Iguanodon Restaurant…

Access to the event will be by ticket only as limited spaces are available. The event will take place outside so please dress for the weather.

Upon arrival at Bishops Lydeard station please make your way to the Gauge Museum located on platform 1.

The show will start promptly at the time stated therefore we ask that you arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start time.

As tickets are free, if you are unable to come, we would appreciate being informed in advance to enable your ticket to be taken up by someone else.

*please note catering is not provided.

There is also no travel included with this ticket.