Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is in Lower Withington, Cheshire East, England, and is located on Bomish Lane. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is situated nearby to the research institute Jodrell Bank Observatory, as well as near the planetarium Space Dome.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Tourist attraction
Address: Bomish Lane, Lower Withington, SK11 9DL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jodrell Bank Observatory and Terra Nova School.

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Research institute

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Jodrell Bank Observatory is situated 390 feet northeast of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.

Terra Nova School

School

Terra Nova School is a prep school in Cheshire, England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls. Terra Nova School is situated 3,100 feet south of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.

Goostrey railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is located 10½ miles north-east of Crewe, on the Crewe to Manchester Line. Goostrey railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Withington and Swettenham.

Lower Withington

Village

Photo: Paul Kennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Withington is a civil parish and village in Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 492. Jodrell Bank Observatory lies mostly within the parish.

Swettenham

Village

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Swettenham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 248, increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census. Swettenham is situated 2½ miles south of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.

Holmes Chapel

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holmes Chapel, until 1974 known as Church Holme, is a village in Cheshire. It's only five miles west of the frontier of the known universe, thanks to Jodrell Bank radio telescope.

Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Category: tourism
Location: Lower Withington, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2361° or 53° 14′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.30657° or 2° 18′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C5V6MPV+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5284190141

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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