Contact
Email: visitorcentre@jb.man.ac.uk
The Jodrell
Bank Visitor Centre is the visitor centre for the world famous
Lovell Radio Telescope and Jodrell Bank Observatory. The Visitor
Centre's Observational Pathway surrounds much of the base
of the Lovell Telescope allowing visitors a closer view of
its operation and construction - it is an impressive sight,
both viewed from a distance and at extremem close proximity.
The Centre
also has a 3D Theatre, small exhibition area, 35 acre Arboretum
with its National Collections of Malus and Sorbus, an award
winning Environmental Discovery Centre, which houses our Tree
Planet exhibition, the Space Café and Shop.
While
the general public are not allowed access to the research
laboratories there is a behind-the-scenes mini-tour of the
day-to-day running of Jodrell Bank, including the Control
Room, the Lovell Observing Room, the Merlin Suite, the UK
VLBI Centre and the Link Hut.
Please
note that there is no longer a Planetarium on site but while
the Centre undergoes a redevelopment programme there are periodic
exhibitions of general and specific scientific and astronomical
interest.
Further
information on Jodrell Bank Observatory and astronomy is available
by email:
mailto:visitorcentre@jb.man.ac.uk, or accessing the General
Public pages of the official website at http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/generalpublic/