{"id":55203,"date":"2026-08-19T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/?post_type=event&#038;p=55203"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:14:25","slug":"jurassic-takeover-at-port-lympne","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/event\/jurassic-takeover-at-port-lympne\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic Takeover at Port Lympne"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"55203\" class=\"elementor elementor-55203\" data-elementor-post-type=\"event\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76125f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76125f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bebe72e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bebe72e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"x_selectable-text x_copyable-text x_x15bjb6t x_x1n2onr6\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55204 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-Forest-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-Forest-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-Forest.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Running from\u00a0<b data-ogsc=\"\">Monday 24 August to Sunday 6 September, Jurassic Takeover<\/b>\u00a0marks the reopening of Port Lympne\u2019s newly reimagined Dinosaur Forest. Set within ancient woodland, the experience features 91 life-size dinosaurs and ancient megafauna from 62 species, spanning hundreds of millions of years of prehistory, alongside special ranger-led dinosaur talks and activities.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"x_selectable-text x_copyable-text x_x15bjb6t x_x1n2onr6\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">A visit also gives visitors the chance to discover some of the 900 animals across 75 species at Port Lympne, explore its 600 acres of Kent countryside <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55205 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/Port-Lympne-Dinosaur.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>and hop aboard the Reserve\u2019s iconic truck safari.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"x_selectable-text x_copyable-text x_x15bjb6t x_x1n2onr6\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><b data-ogsc=\"\">For families looking for a final holiday hurrah before the new school year, there\u2019s a particularly strong value angle too: kids\u2019 tickets are 50% off during Jurassic Takeover, bringing the online child ticket price down to \u00a314.50, while adult tickets are \u00a336.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Visitors can also enter the #PortLympneJurassicTakeover photo competition by sharing their favourite Dinosaur Forest pictures on Instagram or Facebook, with five family tickets to Port Lympne Illuminated up for grabs.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"x_selectable-text x_copyable-text x_x15bjb6t x_x1n2onr6\"><strong>Find out more and book tickets <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspinallfoundation.org\/port-lympne\/whats-on\/jurassic-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"x_selectable-text x_copyable-text x_x15bjb6t x_x1n2onr6\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":55206,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[769,959,831,949,911],"class_list":["post-55203","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-days-out-arts-crafts-activities","event_categories-family-fun-christmas-additional-needs-activities","event_categories-history-family-theatre-family-fun-days-out","event_categories-history-halloween-family-fun-days-out-autumn-events-activities","event_categories-nature-wildlife-father-christmas-family-fun-days-out-christmas"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-09-07 02:55:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"event_categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/55203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/55203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55213,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/55203\/revisions\/55213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/west-kent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=55203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}