Visit to Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank in Cheshire was established about 75 years ago and has several radio telescopes including the giant Grade 1 listed Lovell Telescope. The observatory is owned and managed by the University of Manchester and is a world-leading science research institute, with scientists working at the cutting edge of modern astrophysics. Since the last time Flamsteed Astronomy Society visited Jodrell Bank in 2019, a spectacular new visitor centre has been built, and also in July 2019 Jodrell Bank was recognised as a site of Outstanding Universal Value and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Trip details

Our group is booked to arrive at 11:30 and to spend the rest of the day there, till about 4:30 - 5 when the site closes. We will be welcomed by Professor Ben Stappers, Professor of Astrophysics in the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics. Some of you may remember Ben from when…