JODRELL BANK:
WHERE WISDOM MEETS WONDER
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the UK’s largest radio telescope.
Open: 27th- 31st Dec, 10am-4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Closed: 23rd – 26th Dec, 1st, 6th – 10th Jan
What’s On?
Winter Film Season
Sci-Fi Film Season
February Half Term at Jodrell Bank
Professor Phil Bull – Chaos at Cosmic Dawn
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Astro Night – Uniformed Groups
Next Steps Astrophotography
The biggest stories this side of the Milky Way…
Director recognised as ‘Game changer’, with land-art installation in celebration of National Lottery’s 30th birthday.
The achievements of The University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank’s Director, Teresa Anderson has been celebrated through a giant piece of natural art in the grounds of Whitby Abbey.
The Moon Landing and Jodrell Bank
July 2024 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. On 20th July, 1969, Bernard Lovell and his team at Jodrell Bank listened on as the Space Race was won.
Celebrating the Solstice with a day of literature events at Jodrell Bank
In June, an audience of literature enthusiasts gathered on the stunning UNESCO Heritage site of Jodrell Bank to celebrate the Summer Solstice and one of the UK’s most influential novelists, Alan Garner.
Jodrell Bank welcomes HRH The Princess Royal in celebration of UNESCO World Heritage status
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited us in January to mark the occasion of Jodrell Bank Observatory being awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2019.