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Dino T-Reks

Find active fun for all the family with our Dino T-Reks trails!

Get dinosaur hunting all around Leicestershire from 16 July to 26 August in your local parks!

Dino T-Reks: Choose How You Move’s newest family-friendly competition

Throughout the summer holidays, children and families will be able to spot these lively lizards in the local parks of Leicestershire. Enjoy all the benefits of the park this summer: a pleasant environment, getting exercise, and quality time together.

Plus, by entering our competition you’ll be in with a chance of winning a goody bag of prizes, generously donated by local businesses!

Blue cartoon spinosaur on a scooter for Dino T-Reks branding

Orange cartoon stegosaurus on a skateboard for Dino T-Reks branding

Our Dino T-Reks have been spotted at:

How to use the Dino T-Reks trails

No starting point, no finishing point – you can enjoy the trail however you want to.

Go to the Questr dino map and select the park you’re in.
Follow the direction of each dinosaur on the map to find a dino marker.

dinosaur tracks for Dino T-Reks trail

To complete the trail and enter our competition:

Bring your trusty dino tracking device (a smartphone).
Go to the Questr dino map and create an account. (Read more about how your data will be used in our Fair Processing Notice.)
Print off or download the sheet with every dinosaur in the park for easier tracking. (Find on each park mini-page below.)
Follow the direction of each dinosaur on the map to find a dino marker. Scan the QR code to log your discovery.
Collect all the letters on the dino markers to make a word.
Enter the correct word into the Questr page to enter the competition!

Read our full FAQs here.

Participating parks

Includes local travel guides and downloadable chart sheets of the dino markers for the competition.

Blaby

Charnwood

Harborough

Hinckley & Bosworth

Melton

North West Leicestershire

Oadby & Wigston

Creativity – unleashed!

We enlisted the help of our intrepid explorers in schools across the county to sketch their dinosaurs travelling actively or sustainably for our Dino T-Reks trails. They drew amazing dinosaurs, from a stegosaurus on a scooter, to a brontosaurus on a bike. New species of dinosaurs were discovered on the way!

After schoolchildren submitted their drawings, these prehistoric prowlers have now been unleashed into the (Jurassic) parks of Leicestershire for families to find!

Purple cartoon T-Rex on a skateboard for Dino T-Reks branding

Did your child draw a winning dino?

See some great examples of the children’s brilliant work below!

If you and your child visit their dino drawing at a park, please share the moment with us on social media: tag us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook!

Willow, Lilija, Sofia from St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, Quorn

James and Gigi from Sacred Heart Voluntary Academy, Loughborough

Eva and Alma from Blaby Stokes Primary School

Travel sustainably for our T-Reks

In the spirit of sustainable travel, we’d love for you to travel to our T-Reks by bus, or by walking, cycling, or wheeling! Click on the links above to find walking routes and bus stops for each park.

Or, explore the different methods across our website, or use our Journey Planner to plan your expedition.

Green cartoon dinosaur on a bike for Dino T-Reks branding

Get rewards for your journeys!

A woman posing for a photo on a bike next to white text reading: 'Great rewards for walking & cycling! With the free BetterPoints app' and app store icons.

By signing up with BetterPoints, you can earn rewards for your trips! Collect points by travelling sustainably (sharing cars, cycling, walking or wheeling), to then spend on high street vouchers or donate money to charity.

Why not combine the two to get the most out of your journey?

Trek the trail with Choose How You Move

Join in on the fun with other families at our launch events! Bring friends and family to the parks – meet the Choose How You Move team and enjoy the walk together!

Two Choose How You Move officers sit at a table under a gazebo at a park to promote the Dino T-Reks trails.

Join us on:

16 July, 10:00-13:00 – Melton Country Park, Melton Mowbray
21 July, 12:00-14:00 – Welland Park, Harborough (near café)
30 July, 11:00-13:00 – Everards Meadows, near Fosse Park (near Jenno’s)
8 August, 11:00-13:00 – Hollycroft Park, Hinckley (near Sports Pavilion)
11 August, 11:00-13:00 – Watermead Country Park, Syston, (near the car park)
19 August, 11:00-13:00 – Snibston Colliery Country Park, Coalville (near play area)
21 August, 11:00-13:00 – Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby (near play area)