Dippy the Dinosaur making its way to Birmingham

The famous 70 foot plaster cast replica of a Diplodocus skeleton will be arriving to the city's Museum and Art Gallery from May 26 to September 9 as part of a UK tour.

It's free to see Dippy but museum bosses expect it to be very busy so visitors can only get in with a timed ticket.

The full skeleton cast is an impressive 21.3 metres long, 4.3 metres wide and 4.25 metres high.

Dippy had been on display at the Natural History Museum in London since 1979, but was replaced with the real skeleton of a blue whale.

Lucky people can also Dine with Dippy at a shared dinner party at Gas Hall in Birmingham on June 7 and 14.

Tables of ten are available for £700 per table, with the price including arrival drinks, canapés, three courses, tea and coffee, half bottle of wine per person, unlimited mineral water, table decoration and a Dippy-themed gift.

The Diplodocus lived in what's now North America at the end of the Jurassic period. There were several species.

The gigantic plant-eater was one of the longest animals ever to have walked the earth and died out around 145 million years ago, long before a giant asteroid caused the dinosaurs to become extinct.

Visit nhm.ac.uk to find out more about Dippy on tour.