Dippy the Diplodocus skeleton is touring the UK

For the first time in more than a century, members of the public can see Dippy the Diplodocus outside of London.At 85ft-long (26m), the plaster cast of the dinosaur skeleton has stood in the entrance hall of the Natural History Museum in London since 1979.It has been housed at the museum since 1905, but has now begun a three-year tour of the UK, starting with Dorset County Museum in Dorchester, near to the UK's Jurassic Coast.