Astronomy Festival

by | Aug 27, 2024

A weekend of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the festival. Among the celebrations there will be viewing through the telescopes (weather permitting), speakers, planetarium shows, talks about the telescopes, local astronomy societies and family activities. All...

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

by | Jan 1, 2024

Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring. Spend an hour watching the birds in your patch, between 26 and 28 January, and...

Alien Life

by | Aug 6, 2023

Half day workshops for age 9-11 years. There are some weird creatures here on Earth. They live in all sorts of strange places where humans would not survive. Could there be life beyond Earth? Would it be the same? Let’s try and find out if it’s possible....

World of Colour

by | Aug 6, 2023

We see our beautiful planet in millions of colours. Join the team at the Observatory Science Centre on a journey of discovery through experiments and science fun to observe how eyes can see in different ways and why. Please note that the workshop is for children aged...