Sip back and discover Avon Gorge in Bristol, a dramatic limestone landmark carved by sea level change, tectonics, and glacial erosion. Spanning 350 million years of history, it reveals fossils from the Carboniferous, Triassic, and Ice Age, including corals, dinosaurs, and hyenas. Flanked by Clifton Downs and Leigh Woods, and crowned by the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Avon Gorge offers geology, wildlife, and folklore within minutes of Bristol’s city centre.

Sip back and explore Bickley Wood near Bristol, one of Britain’s most important late Carboniferous fossil sites and a designated SSSI. This Avon Valley woodland exposes rare non-marine plant and invertebrate fossils from the Downend Formation, revealing tropical river, swamp, and delta environments from over 315 million years ago.

Sip back and discover Aust Cliff near Bristol on the River Severn, one of the UK’s most important Rhaetian fossil sites. Designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, it preserves a near-continuous record from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic. Famous for its fossil-rich Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff reveals marine reptiles, fish, and early dinosaurs, offering rare insights into prehistoric ecosystems shaped by tides, geology, and deep time evolution.

Sip back and discover the fossils and geodiversity of Quarry Steps at Durdham Down in Clifton, Bristol a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) where the Bristol Dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus antiquus, was discovered. Step into deep time at this unique Triassic site Just a stone’s throw from the vibrant city of Bristol where the first-ever reptile-bearing fissure deposits were discovered in Britain that helped shape our understanding of early dinosaur evolution.