All planetaria based in this area

Centre for Life

Times Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4EP

www.life.org.uk ››

10 metre interactive digital dome with daily programmes for public and curriculum - linked sessions for school groups.

Noel Jackson

0191 243 8211

bookings@life.org.uk ››

Space Encounters - Mobile Planetarium

NEPIC, 1 Hylton Park, Sunderland SR5 3HD

www.nepic.co.uk ››

Space Encounters is a digital mobile planetarium available for hire by schools, colleges and community groups across the North East of England. School programmes are linked to the National Curriculum and shows are suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 audiences

Helen Weddle

0191 516 4400

helen.weddle@nepic.co.uk ››

Spaceport

Victoria Place, Seacombe, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 6QY

No further details currently available through the BAP.

Wynyard Planetarium & Observatory

Wynyard Woodland Park, Thorpe Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees TS21 3JG

www.wynyard-planetarium.net ››

A 7m dome open to schools, colleges & community group bookings during the week days and evenings, public shows on 1st & 3rd friday evening of the month. Shows can cover National Curriculum content (pre-school to A-level) as well as brownie, cub, scout & guide badges, general interest astronomy and cosmology. Also offers regular public observing sessions with live views of the night sky through a range of telescopes. An education and entertainment resource of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

Ed Restall

01740 630544

director@wynyard-planetarium.net ››