Dinosaur Footprint in the Ashdown Formation, Bexhill Beach

A dinosaur footprint preserved in the sandstone of the Ashdown Formation on the foreshore at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. The track dates to the Early Cretaceous period around 135 million years ago, when this area was a muddy river floodplain rather than coastline. Coastal erosion has revealed this ancient surface where dinosaurs once walked, preserving both footprint impressions and natural casts in the rock.


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