National Space Centre, Leicester

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 5NS
England

Website

www.spacecentre.co.uk

E-mail

info@spacecentre.co.uk

Telephone

Information & Tickets

0845 605 2001

Groups and Schools

0116 258 2111

Fax

0116 258 2100

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The award winning National Space Centre is the UK's largest attraction dedicated to space. From the minute you catch sight of the Space Centre's futuristic Rocket Tower, you'll be treated to hours of breathtaking discovery and interactive fun.

Think you'll never see the whole universe close-up? Then take a seat in our high-tech full domed Space Theatre and prepare to be amazed.

The National Space Centre hosts many exciting weekend events - see our website for full details.

Venue Type:

Museum, Science centre

 Opening hours

School Term Time - Tue-Sun 10am to 4pm
School Holidays - Mon-Sun 10am to 5pm (last entry 3.30pm)

Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day

 Admission charges

Adult £12,
Child (5-16) £11
Concession (over 60,NUS,Disability) £11
Family 4 £41
Family 5 £51

All tickets valid for one year (restrictions apply)

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Auditorium
  • Cafeteria
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
  • Indoor soft play area
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 5NS
England

Website

www.spacecentre.co.uk

E-mail

info@spacecentre.co.uk

Telephone

Information & Tickets

0845 605 2001

Groups and Schools

0116 258 2111

Fax

0116 258 2100

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Public access available to collections information

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 5NS
England

Website

www.spacecentre.co.uk

E-mail

info@spacecentre.co.uk

Telephone

Information & Tickets

0845 605 2001

Groups and Schools

0116 258 2111

Fax

0116 258 2100

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Challenger Learning Centre

Participants run their mission in a highly themed environment where they take on roles within a Mission Control and Space Station, becoming medical officers, Martian geologists, spacecraft navigators, satellite engineers etc. Working towards the mission objectives creates an exciting team environment, which exposes participants to the demands of co-operation, problem-solving, communication and decision-making. Learning is rarely such fun!
The missions last approximately 2½ hours. Morning missions start at 10.00am, afternoon missions start at 1.00pm. We recommend that you arrive half an hour before your mission starts. We can also run missions in the evenings and at weekends. Suitable for 1

How to obtain

For further details Tel: 0116 258 2111
E-mail: bookings@spacecentre.co.uk

e-Mission

An e-Mission is an exciting simulated mission delivered through live video conferencing and dedicated web pages. Students in a classroom anywhere in the world and the Flight Directors at the National Space Centre’s e-Mission Control can link up using the latest video conferencing and Internet technology. e-Missions provide the excitement of the mission scenario to inspire students and encourage the use of new technology in education.
The areas of the National Curriculum it covers are…
Science - Physical science, scientific process, ideas and evidence and Maths.
Maths - Graphical analysis, plotting data, map coordinates.
Citizenship - Working responsibly and cooperatively, humanitarian n

How to obtain

For further details Tel: 0116 258 2111
E-mail: bookings@spacecentre.co.uk

Stardome

AstraZeneca Stardome is a portable, inflatable planetarium, which fits into most school halls or gyms. 25 adults or 30 children are able to take part in a session within the dome at any one time.
AstraZeneca Stardome recreates a perfectly dark night sky with hundreds of brilliant points of light splashed across the inside of the dome. The stars and planets are projected into their positions for any time of the year. Enhance this further with beautiful, full colour images, state of the art animations, the latest images from space missions, projectors that join the “dots” and draw the constellation pictures, and you have a show that will entrance your students. The presenters use a range of

How to obtain

For bookings and further enquiries please contact us:
Tel: 0116 258 2111
E-mail: bookings@spacecentre.co.uk

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 5NS
England

Website

www.spacecentre.co.uk

E-mail

info@spacecentre.co.uk

Telephone

Information & Tickets

0845 605 2001

Groups and Schools

0116 258 2111

Fax

0116 258 2100

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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