UNITED KINGDOM
Harpur Trust Planetarium
Mark Rutherford School
79 Wentworth Drive
Bedford, Bedfordshire MK41 8PX
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1234 290 200
www.markrutherford.beds.sch.uk/
Opened 2020
SCHOOL/DIST
6.0m, installed 2020
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Emerald, installed 2020
Opened 2000
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
12.2m Spitz, installed 2000
Capacity 100, epicentric; attendance: 120,000 (2017)
Spitz 1024, installed 2000
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5, installed 2015 3D
4k
Phil Winfield, Director
Lee Pullen, Planetarium Officer
+44 117 9157 221
Catherine Aldridge, Programmes Director
Richard Baister, Project Manager
Opened 1962
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
Planetarium, Physics Dept.
University of Warwick
Gibbet Hill Road
Coventry CV4 7AL
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 24 765 23965
+44 24 761 50897 fax
UNIV/COLLEGE
5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2013
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013
Dr. J. Emilio Jimenez-Roldan, Astronomy Outreach Teacher
+44 2476 1 51769
Dr. Peter J. Wheatley
Opened 2001
5.0m
Capacity 25, portable
Custom
PRIVATE/COMML
5m, installed 2009
Capacity 25, portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2009
Immersive Vision Theatre
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth, Devon PL4 7AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGE
Planetarium
Space Odyssey
1 Lower Millhayes, Hemyock
Cullompton, Devonshire
EX15 3SL UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1823 681640
+44 844 335 1353 bookings
www.spaceodyssey.co.uk
Opened 2004
PRIVATE/COMML
6.5m Voyager, installed 2010
Capacity 60, portable
RSA Cosmos Cosmodyssee III, installed 2004
Custom, installed 2010
MIP 1080
5m Pioneer, installed 2010
Simon Ould, Founder/Presenter
PRIVATE/COMML
Neil Carrington, Founder
Steve Blight
Mark Burgess
Atom Club Mobile Planetarium
Honest Digital Ltd., 3 Corner
Close, Sodom Lane, Marnhull
Sturminster, Newton, Dorset
DT10 1PB UNITED KINGDOM
Opened 2016
PRIVATE/COMML
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
5.0m, installed 2016
Capacity 20, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2016
Our mobile planetarium is free
LM Productions Ltd.
5&6 Southbourne Business Park
Eastbourne, East Sussex
BN22 8UY UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1323 432170 main
+44 1323 432171 fax
www.lm-productions.com
Opened 1990
PRIVATE/COMML
10m LM Productions
Custom
Christie DLP
We offer a high quality portable dome solution called the StratoSphere.
Sizes range from 10m to over 25m. We offer both short and long term rentals
as well as sales on a world wide basis.
Stephen Harvey, CEO
Planetarium
The Observatory Science Centre
Hertsmonceux Castle Estate
Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 1RN
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1323 832 731
+44 1323 832 741 fax
www.the-observatory.org/planetarium
OBSERV/ASTRO
5.0m Digitalis, installed 2014
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium, installed 2014
5.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2014
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2014
Jo Harris, Education Director
Opened 2015
PRIVATE/COMML
5.0m, installed 2016
Capacity 40, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2016
Epson EH-TW9100W 1920x1080HD
WarpPlayer, VLCWarper, Stellarium
Melanie Davies, Science Director
astronomer, communicator and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Planetarium, Architecture and
Civil Engineering Department
Univ. of Bath, Claverton Down
Bath, England BA2 7AY
UNITED KINGDOM
UNIV/COLLEGE
5.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2013
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013
Planetarium
Westminster School
Little Dean's Yard
London, England SW1P 3PF
UNITED KINGDOM
SCHOOL/DIST
6.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2011
Capacity 45, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2011
Opened 2015
PRIVATE/COMML
5.0m
Capacity 20, portable
Custom
Planetarium
Immersion Education
19 Turnacre
Formby, Merseyside L37 7HD
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 7540 203 720
+44 7925 281 157
www.immersioneducation.co.uk
PRIVATE/COMML
5m, installed 2013
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013
Catherine Dowdall, Physics Teacher
Neptune Planetarium, Royal
Observatory Greenwich, Nat'l.
Maritime Museum, Park Row
Greenwich, London SE10 9EF
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 181 858 4422
+44 181 312 6632 fax
Opened 2004
OBSERV/ASTRO
Peter Harrison Planetarium
Royal Observatory Greenwich
Natl.Maritime Museum, Park Row
Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 20 8858 4422
+44 20 8312 6565 fax
www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/planetarium-shows
Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
11.5m Spitz Premium Seam, installed 2007
Capacity 120; attendance: 165,000 (2017)
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2012
DLA 4k
Dr. Edward Bloomer, Planetarium Astronomer
+44 20 8312 6461
Kevin Fewster, NMM Director
Sarah Roots, Director, ROG
Tom Kerss
Soton Astrodome, University of
Southampton, School of Physics
and Astronomy, Building 46
Southampton, Hampshire
SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2380 592 159 Physics
www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~s.jones
UNIV/COLLEGE
5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2011
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2011
Dr. Sadie Jones, Outreach Leader in Astronomy
+44 7766 247 561 mobile
Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
16.7m 10°, installed 2008
Capacity 176, unidirectl; attendance: 85,000 (2010)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2019
6.0m
Capacity 45, portable
Custom Mirror
Mark Watson, Head of Planetarium
Andy Lane, Marketing Manager
+44 1962 891915
Dr. Mark Gallaway, Director
,
The Dome
22 Hillcrest Grove
Onchan, Isle Of Man IM3 3HY
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 7624 360180
http://thedome.im
Opened 2018
PRIVATE/COMMLPUBLIC SHOWS
7.0m , installed 2018
Capacity 30, movable
Fulldome.pro , installed 2018
The most advanced digital planetarium and cinema theatre on the Isle of Man.
With this innovative digital technology we aim to provide entertaining,
educational and escapist experiences. A sensual exploration of art, science,
ancestry, culture and the environment.
Mr. Adrian L. Q. Bell, Creator/Director
,
Alston Planetarium, University
of Central Lancashire, Center
for Astrophysics, Fylde Road
Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1772 201 201
www.alston-observatory.uclan.ac.uk
UNIV/COLLEGE
Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
ATM4, Omniscan, Interact!, Challenger Learning Centre. 2 addl.
videos on Conic pan/tilts, pans, dissolve pairs, 2pi all-sky, 5.1 surround
sound, intelligent lighting and coves, videoconferencing.
6.0m Custom Geodesic
Capacity 16
Custom
Opened 1958
ATTR/PARKPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
18.2m, installed 1995
Capacity 393, epicentric; annual attendance: 700,000
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3
3 Gwynne Lodge, Sylvan Road
Wanstead, London E11 1QJ
UNITED KINGDOM
5.0m, installed 2020
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2020
Opened 2007
PRIVATE/COMML
5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2007
Capacity 30, portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2007
Opened 1970
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
8m Zeiss, installed 1969
Capacity 62, epicentric; attendance: 60,000 (2017)
Zeiss ZKP 1, installed 1969
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021
4K
The UK's only free planetarium, on floor 5 of World Museum Liverpool.
Museum houses extensive natural history, archaeology and ethnology
collections, moon rock, a Black Knight Rocket, an aquarium, leaf cutter
ants and bees. A cafe, a coffee shop a toy shop and a fair trade shop.
Jennifer Longman, Planetarium Coordinator
+44 151 478 4240
John Moran, Planetarium Operator
Immersive 360 3D Dome, Brunel
University London,INSPIRE STEM
Learning Centre, Kingston Lane
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH
UNITED KINGDOM
UNIV/COLLEGE
8.0m Custom Front Pictures, installed 2018
Capacity 20, movable
Custom, installed 2018 3D
BenQ LU9235 WUXGA laser
Michelle Evans, Head of INSPIRE,STEAM Learning
Planetarium, Morayvia Sci-Tech
Experience Project
North Road
Kinloss, Forres, Moray
IV36 3YA UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1309 691 916
www.morayvia.org.uk
Opened 2015
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
7.0m, installed 2015
Capacity 25, portable
Custom, installed 2015
Stan Barber, Chief Executive
Bill Leslie, Sigma Astronomy Club President
Planetarium, Centre for Life
Management Suite
Times Square
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4EP
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 191 243 8210 info
+44 191 243 8201 fax
+44 191 243 8223 bookings
www.life.org.uk/whats-on/planetarium
Opened 2006
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
10m 13° Spitz, installed 2005
Capacity 65, unidirectl; attendance: 111,254 (2013)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021
Christopher Hudson, Public Engagement Tech. Coord.
+44 191 243 8220
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
6.0m, installed 2012
Capacity 30, concentric
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2009
Sarah Glynn, Museum Manager
Inspire Planetarium
St. Michael's Church
Oak Street
Norwich, Norfolk NR3 3AE
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1603 612 612
+44 1603 616 721 fax
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
5m
Capacity 30, portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2007
Opened 2023
PRIVATE/COMML
6.5m tilt
Capacity 16, epicentric
Custom Fisheye
PRIVATE/COMML
4.9m, installed 2017
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2017
Opened 1968
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
12m, installed 1995
Capacity 96, epicentric; attendance: 72,000 (2023)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2010
SRX-S110
3.75m, installed 2000
Capacity 25, portable
5m, installed 2007
Capacity 30, portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2007
5 video projectors, SPICE automation.
Interactive response system, 2KW Dolby surround sound system.
2000 square foot exhibition area,
25 acre astropark in grounds surrounding planetarium.
Dr. Tom R. Mason, Director
Julie Thompson, Theatre Manager
Anne McNally, Mail Order Sales Coordinator
Robert Hill, Northern Ireland Space Office
Planetarium, Science Discovery
Centre, Sherwood Observatory
Coxmoor Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
NG17 5LF UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1623 552276
http://sherwood-observatory.org.uk/
OBSERV/ASTRO
10m tilt, installed/planned 2024
Capacity 50, unidirectl
RSA Cosmos SkyExplorer, installed/planned 2024
2x, Sony VPL-GTZ380, 4.4k
Dr. Steve Wallace, Planetarium Project Manager
Opened 2021
15.0m Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2021
movable
Custom, installed 2021
Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
6.0m
Capacity 45, portable
Custom Fisheye
Optoma EH505, Navitar 2416 lens
Elizabeth Hodge, Chief Executive
Elaine Holland
PRIVATE/COMML
6m Custom Main Sequence, installed 2014
Capacity 40, portable; attendance: 3,000 (2014)
Custom Mirror, installed 2014
Bringing The Night Sky To You. Our aim is to educate children and adults
to the wonders of the universe. We can give you a virtual tour of the night
sky and play immersive full dome movies. Our presenter led shows run for
30 to 60 minutes and can be tailored to your specific needs.
Opened 2022
PRIVATE/COMML
7.0m, installed 2022
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2022
Opened 2012
OBSERV/ASTRO
6.0m Avela Go-Dome 5 ring, installed 2012
Capacity 45, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2012
Mobile Planetarium, Royal
Observatory Vistor Centre
Blackford Hill
Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3HJ
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 131 668 8404
+44 131 668 8429 fax
www.roe.ac.uk/vc
OBSERV/ASTRO
4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB
6m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2008
Capacity 40, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2008
Planetarium
Dynamic Earth
112 Holyrood Road
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 8AS
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 131 550 7800
+44 131 550 7801 fax
www.dynamicearth.co.uk
Opened 2006
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
installed 2006
Barco , installed 2006
Dr. Alistair Bruce, Planetarium Manager
+44 131 523 1294
Eilidh Massie, Marketing Manager
+44 131 523 1224
PRIVATE/COMML
3m, installed 2013
Capacity 20, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013
UNIV/COLLEGE
5m Avela Go-Dome
Capacity 30, portable
Zeiss ZKP 1
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2006
5m, installed 2006
portable
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2006
ScottishPower Space Theater
Glasgow Science Center
50 Pacific Quay
Glasgow, Scotland G51 1EA
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 141 4205010x310
+44 141 420 5011 fax
www.glasgowsciencecentre.org
Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
15.2m 10°, installed 2002
Capacity 115, epicentric; attendance: 49,500 (2005)
SCISS Colorspace, installed 2015
2x JVC DLA-SH7NLG
Uniview
ATM-4, dissolve pairs, 2pi all-sky, surround sound, laser projector.
Nina Cameron, Planetarium Coordinator
Dr. Robert Hoyle, Programmes Manager
Iain Forrester
Opened 1883
OBSERV/ASTROPUBLIC SHOWS
4.0m, installed 1994
Capacity 15, concentric; attendance: 1,000 (2014)
Digitalis Digitarium Delta, installed 2012
Nightshade
Scotland's oldest public observatory. Public telescope viewing nights during
the winter and planetarium shows year round. These include a presenter-led
'what's in the sky' show plus a range of fulldome movies.
John Pressly, Observatory Officer
Space Time Dome Planetarium
28 Leven Road, Hamilton
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
ML3 7WS UNITED KINGDOM
+44 07870 525 525
www.spacetimedome.org/
Opened 2017
OTHER
6.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2017
Capacity 25, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2017
Dell DLP
6.0m STARLAB
Capacity 25, portable
STARLAB
The night sky doesn't charge to look at it and neither do we. Offering free
planetarium shows in Central Scotland. Our focus is bringing the dome to
non-traaditional and unexpected locations to share the magic of the night
sky with visitors who would not normally seek out science or astronomy.
Dr. Jennifer Lauxman McCorkell, Director
Scott McCorkell, Engineer/Programmer
Opened 2014
PRIVATE/COMML
4.9m STARLAB , installed 2014
Capacity 25, portable
STARLAB, installed 2014
Custom Mirror, installed 2014
Keele Exoplanetarium, Outreach
Keele University Sci. & Bus.
Park, Innovation Centre 2
Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1782 733166
www.keele.ac.uk/stardome
UNIV/COLLEGE
7.0m
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror
Alison Peacock, Hub Coordinator
+44 1782 734 995
Prof. Rob Jeffries
Planetarium
Techniquest
Stuart Street
Cardiff, Wales CF10 5BW
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2920 475 475
+44 2920 482 517 fax
www.techniquest.org
Opened 1995
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
4.6m, installed 1999
Capacity 30
GOTO INC E-5, installed 1999
Digitalis Digitarium, installed 2010
SPICE automation.
Colin Johnson, Director
Steve Peruffo, Planetarium Tech./Presenter
Bill Dines, Ed. and Pub. Programmes Dir.
Dr. Kevin Hollis, Presenter/Trainer/Evaluator
+44 2920 475475x295
Anita Shaw, Deputy CEO
Bruce Etherington, Technician
UNIV/COLLEGE
Planetarium, Techniquest
Glyndwr, Glyndwr University
Campus, Mold Road
Wrexham, Wales LL11 2AW
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1978 293400
+44 1978 293470 fax
www.tqg.org.uk/visiting/events
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
5m
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2007
5.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2012
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2012
Nikki Williams
Mark Watson
Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
10m 15° Astro-Tec PA-33, installed 2015
Capacity 69, unidirectl; attendance: 99,950 (2017)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2019
5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2008
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2008
Annual attendance includes children under 3
South Downs Planetarium
And Science Centre
Kingsham Farm, Kingsham Road
Chichester, West Sussex
PO19 8RP UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1243 774400
+44 1243 829898 fax
Opened 2001
SCHOOL/DIST
10.8m Viewlex, installed 2002
Capacity 96, concentric
Viewlex, installed 2002
Custom, installed 2008
2ch
John K. W. Green, MBE, Secretary
Ken Lefevre, Graphic Designer
Russell Slater
Planetarium, STAR Centre
Leeds City College
Keighley Campus, Bradford Road
Keighley, West Yorkshire
BD21 4HQ UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1535 68 5167
www.starcentre.org
Opened 2005
UNIV/COLLEGE
5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2010
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2010
Spacedome, Spaceport
Victoria Place
Seacombe, Wallasey
Wirral CH44 6QY
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 151 330 1333
+44 151 639 0578 fax
+44 151 639 0609
www.spaceport.org.uk
Opened 2005
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
10.7m 15° Spitz, installed 2005
Capacity 84, unidirectl
Custom Front Pictures, installed 2017
FP HDx8, 4k
Jonathan Lamkin, Customer/Business Development
+44 151 330 1036
Ken Moss
Layton Quinton
,
Paul Bunnell
Planetarium
The Winston Churchill School
Hermitage Road
Woking, Surrey GU21 8TL
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1483 476 861
Opened 2018
SCHOOL/DIST
6.0m , installed 2018
Capacity 30
Digitalis Digitarium Kappa, installed 2018
Justin Coll, IT Service Manager
+44 1483 485 253
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