The beautiful Bridgewater Hall is one of the UK’s premier concert venues.  It was officially opened in 1996.  The venue hosts over three hundred performances a year including classical music, rock, pop, jazz, world music and much more.  The Hall is home to the famous Hallé orchestra. It also hosts the BBC Philharmonic orchestra regularly.  However, it is also home to some remarkable fossils too.  The Bridgewater Hall fossils can be found in the floor of the Stalls Foyer.  The stone floor consists of limestone, and it contains the fossilised remains of numerous marine invertebrates.

Fossils are evident in the stone floor of the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. The stone is limestone, and it comes from Germany. These polished slabs preserve the remains of Jurassic invertebrates including gastropods and cephalopods such as nautiloids and ammonites. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The fossiliferous limestone can be found in many buildings. For example, the concourse at Nuremberg Airport (Nürnberg, Germany) is made from the same stone.

To read an article about finding fossils at Nürnberg Airport: A Jurassic Fossil Hunt at an Airport.

Bridgewater Hall Fossils

Gastropod and cephalopod fossils can be found preserved in the stone floor.  The stone came from Germany, and it dates from the Jurassic.  The Bridgewater Hall might be synonymous with classical music, but it does also host the occasional rock concert.  Team members at Everything Dinosaur appreciate the rock to be found at this remarkable venue.

We wonder whether many members of the audience spot these remnants of a time long past, and the evidence of a lost world preserved beneath their feet.

The award-winning Everything Dinosaur website: Prehistoric Animal Models and Figures.