Explore the fossil rich rocks formed in warm Silurian seas when the Dudley area was 30 degrees south of the equator.
The Wren’s Nest is internationally renowned for superbly preserved fossils of marine creatures that lived in an environment similar to that of the Great Barrier Reef of the present time. You will also see the extent of the quarrying of limestone that occurred here in the heartland of the Industrial Revolution. The Voyage takes place on well-marked level (mainly gravelled) paths, with some flights of wooden steps. The Voyage is 1.6km (1 mile) long.
