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Armagh Planetarium and Observatory
College Hill, Armagh, Northern Ireland, BT61 9DB, 02837 524725
Comprehensive shop (mail order available), displays and planetarium.

Caird Planetarium
Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, SE10 9EF
48 Seater planetarium.

University of Central Lancashire
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, Preston, PR1 2HE  01772 893540
Moor Park Observatory, Preston, PR1 6AD, 01772 2 57181
Public Understanding with open evenings.
Alston Observatory, near Longridge, Preston, 01772 782379
Planetarium, open to schools.

Fort Victoria Planetarium and Astronomy Resource Centre
Westhill Lane, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0RR, 01983 761555
33 Seater Planetarium.

Glasgow University Planetarium
Acre Road, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 0PL, 0141 946 5213
30 seater planetarium. Support for schools.

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
Goonhilly Downs, Heston, Cornwall, TR12 6LQ, 01872 325400
British Telecom's largest gateway Earth station for international, satellite communications.

Jodrell Bank Science Centre and Arboretum
Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, 014775 71339
Planetarium, displays and shop. Education officer available.

Liverpool Museum
William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 8EN, 0151 207 0001
66 seater planetarium. Space and Time Galleries. Teachers' courses and evening classes.

London Planetarium
Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LR, 020 7487 0243
Regular shows. Education officer available.

London University Observatory
Mill Hill Park, London, NW7 2QS, 020 8959 0421
Telescopes. Support for schools.

Mills Observatory
Balgay Park, Glamis Road, Dundee, DD2 2UB, 01382 667138
Planetarium, observatory, workshops and courses available. Group visits must be booked in advance.

National Space Centre
Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NS 0116 253 0811
Displays and support for schools.

Norman Lockyer Observatory
Salcombe Hill Road, Sidmouth, EX10 0NY, 01395 68591
The observatory is open to the public on Bank holidays and Sunday, afternoons during the Summer and on some evenings during the Autumn and winter.

Old Royal Observatory
Greenwich, London, SE10 9EF, 0208 858 4422
Greenwich meridian, old clocks and telescopes.

Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre
Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, 0131 668 8405
Telescopes, displays and shop. Evening lectures.

St Andrews University Observatory
School of Physics and Astronomy, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, 01334 463100
Telescopes. Group visits.

South Tyneside College Planetarium
St. George's Avenue, Tyne and Wear NE34 6ET, 0191 427 3589
Planetarium shows. Education officer available for advice.

The Planet : Earth Centre
Clough Bank, Bacup Road, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 7HW, 01706 816964
25 seater planetarium. Camera obscura. Teacher support. All visits must be arranged in advance. Ring for details of special events.

Birr Castle Demesne
Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland, 010 353 509 20056
The 'Leviathan' 72" reflecting telescope built by the third Earl of Rosse in the 1840's can be seen at the centre of the Demesne. Display on the history of astronomy at Birr.

Herschel House and Museum
19, New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL, 01225 446865
House belonging to Sir William Herschel, famous astronomer and discoverer of the planet Uranus in 1781. Open daily from 16 January to 16 December, 1 pm to 5 pm (closed Wednesdays). Weekends 11 am to 5 pm. School visits and evening sessions by prior arrangement.

Woolsthorpe Manor
Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincolnshire, 01476 860338
Birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton. Newton formulated his three great discoveries here - differential calculus, composition of white light and his Law of Gravitation.

British Association of Planetaria
Visit their web site to find Travelling Planetaria that will visit your site or Planetaria at visitor centres.

Orange Imaginarium
at-Bristol, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5DB, 0845 345 1235
Hands on multi-media exhibitions, IMAX® Theatre and 100 seat fully-spherical planetarium!!

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