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Teesaurus Park is one of those places that many locals don’t even know exists. First opened in 1979 with the Teessaurus a triceratops by Genevieve Glatt, fabricated by Harts of Stockton at a cost of £16,000.
The two babies and other sculptures were added in 1987.
The T-Rex
I think this is a bronotsaurus in the bushes.
If you want to split hairs the mammoth came about 65 million years after the dinosaurs.
The cheerful brachiasaurus
The stegosaurus
The sculptures were built by workers on the government Youth and Employment Training Scheme, its a shame the council can’t see their way to giving them all a lick of paint a bit more often.
Update : December 2011 – Made some corrections to the chronology of the sculptures, I had previously said the T-Rex was first which is incorrect, Teesaurus came first !
Update : December 2012 -Sadly Teesaurus Park is under threat as its a ‘non-strategic asset’ for the Council. A Facebook group also exists.
Glad to see you’re not dead – the whole collapsed mine thing had crossed my mind. I’ve always wondered about the reasons behind Teesaurus Park – what were the council trying to say erecting dinosaurs on the site of the old steelworks?
Good to see Teesaurus park again. I assume the pictures of the dinosaurs eating Phil and/or Rich will follow later?
He’s a celebrity now so no photos of Karl interacting with the dinosaurs.
Maybe the BBC would write an article about it – “Man-Sized Giant Impact Wipes Out Dinosaurs”
They are lovely those dinosaurs, just lovely. Are there many?
Please could you tell me how many dinosaurs there are there and does a bus go there?
There are 6 big ones and 2 little ones.
Don’t think any buses go around that way.