With pretty cobbled footpaths, canal walks and plenty of independent restaurants, cafes and shops, the village of Lymm has plenty of attractions for both residents and visitors alike. But this picturesque Cheshire spot can also lay claim to something rather unique in any village centre.
For at the heart of Lymm, near Altrincham, is a real dinosaur's footprint on a stone slab - encased in a glass cabinet and held up by a wooden frame. It was discovered in Lymm's Windmill Quarry during the 1840s and is thought to date back to the Triassic period - (200-250 million years BC).
It was one of a number of footprints that were found in quarries in the Lymm area during the nineteenth centuries. Similar prints were also found on the Wirral and even abroad in places like Germany as well as on several continents.
