Steve Friedrich with a dinosaur footprint in Folkestone, Kent.
Have you ever stood in the exact place where dinosaurs once walked?
In April and June 2026, Rockwatch is offering members the chance to do just that on our Folkestone’s Footprints fieldtrips in Kent—home to some of the most important dinosaur footprint discoveries in Britain.
The day begins on the rocky foreshore at Copt Point, guided by Steve Friedrich, who helped uncover many of the footprints preserved here. These tracks represent some of the last dinosaurs to roam Britain, frozen in time within the rocks beneath your feet. You’ll learn how footprints form, how they’re identified, and what they reveal about dinosaur size, movement, and behaviour.
After a picnic lunch overlooking the coast, we’ll head inland through Folkestone’s Creative Quarter to visit Folkestone Museum. Here, curator Corie Clover will host a special tour, giving Rockwatch members access to parts of the collection not normally on display—a rare opportunity to see how local fossils and discoveries are preserved and interpreted.
These trips are suitable for ages 8+, with small group sizes to ensure everyone can engage fully with the guides. While the foreshore terrain is rocky and requires care, the reward is a truly memorable day combining field geology, palaeontology, and museum science.
If your young geologist has ever dreamed of becoming a dinosaur detective, this is the perfect place to start.
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