Jodrell Bank

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** Visitor Attraction of the Year at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards 2022/23 - Highly Commended **

Jodrell Bank is an amazing, unique, and awe-inspiring place. A world-leading deep-space radio observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an award-winning national visitor attraction.

Uncover the inspirational heritage of Jodrell Bank in the new First Light Pavilion. Inside this architecturally stunning building, you’ll find a bold new exhibition telling the pioneering stories of the scientists and engineers that made history. Explore interactive displays, projections and artefacts as you journey from the early post-war days of Jodrell Bank, through the heights of the Space Race and the depths of the Cold War, to today’s world-leading discoveries.

Want to know more about the mind-blowing science? Discover more about this incredible place and learn all about radio astronomy. Listen to the sounds of a black hole, see live signals received by the mighty Lovell Telescope, play with the ever-popular whispering dishes, and journey round the night sky in a traditional planetarium show.

Don’t forget to take time to explore cafes, picnic areas, a playground, arboretum, and gift shop on the extensive, and fully accessible Jodrell Bank site.

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Guide Prices

Adult £12.00
Concession (Over 65 and NUS) £10.00
Child (4-18) £8.00
Under 4 FREE
Family of 3 £28.00
Family of 4 £36.00
Family of 5 £44.00
Carers/Personal Assistants FREE

Opening Times

Spring (4 June 2023 - 26 July 2023)
Day	Times
Monday	Closed
Tuesday - Sunday	10:00	- 17:00

Summer (27 July 2023 - 31 Oct 2023)
Day	Times
Monday - Sunday	10:00	- 17:00

Awards

Regional and Miscellaneous MC Small Visitor Attraction of the Year 2011
Regional and Miscellaneous MC Team of the Year 2014
Regional and Miscellaneous MC Visitor Attraction of the Year Award Winner 2012
Regional and Miscellaneous MC Tourism Event of the Year Award Winner 2013
Regional and Miscellaneous Highly Commended - Marketing Cheshire Awards 2018
Regional Marketing Cheshire Award Winner 2019 2019

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Directions

Road Directions

Visiting by car: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre can be found just off the A535 between Holmes Chapel and Alderley Edge, clearly signposted along the nearby roads with brown signs. We are approximately 6 miles from Junction 18 of the M6. Sat Nav users SK11 9DW

Public Transport Directions

By rail: From Goostrey. Turn right down Station Road to the church in Goostrey village. Turn right at church and follow country roads, do not turn off this road, even though you appear to be heading away from the telescope. The road goes over the railway bridge and the entrance is on the right hand side. Visiting by taxi.: Alderley Edge, Macclesfield, Knutsford and Holmes Chapel are all within a 25 minute taxi ride

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Recent Reviews:

53cpm
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Trip Type:
Family
Not for children
Thursday, 16th March 2023
Advertised as a family day but not a lot there, the telescope is quite an abstract device that younger children don’t comprehend. The films were all at revised times to fit in with school parties... Read full review
AdrianStores
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Trip Type:
Family
So much space so little creativity
Sunday, 19th March 2023
So much fantastic science on our doorstep. Trip today to appreciate @jodrellbank 🔭📡 Pleased to reminisce as not been since youth. Just felt missing more inventive 'edutainment' as built into more... Read full review
gregrB4759WF
Ipswich, United Kingdom
Trip Type:
Solo travel
Great Day Out
Sunday, 26th March 2023
Being keen on astronomy and astrophysics from an early age, this was somewhere I'd always wanted to visit. It didn't disappoint despite the changeable weather. Some of the exhibits could be improved... Read full review