4.8
14 reviews
Exploration Drive, Space City, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 5NS
01162582111
bookings@spacecentre.co.uk
www.education.spacecentre.co.uk/
kaddi.com/NationalSpaceCentre
10:00 - 16:00
Day admission (2025): £13.20 Additional activities available, costings vary.
The National Space Centre is an Educational charity and visitor attraction in north Leicester. We have 6 interactive galleries dedicated to space, our 42m high rocket tower is iconic to Leicester and we are home to the largest planetarium in the UK. We provide hands on, curriculum focused, interactive workshops, talks, presenter led planetarium shows, space mission experiences and outreach activities. More details can be found on our website.
View some of the most commonly asked questions by visitors.
To enquire about booking, please fill in our contact form, or contact our bookings team at bookings@spacecentre.co.uk
We allow bookings for educational groups during term time and summer holidays. We do not accept any bookings for groups during half-term holidays, or on event weekends. Please refer to our what’s on page to find out more, fill out an enquiry form, call us at 0116 258 2111, or contact bookings@spacecentre.co.uk.
Please note, we cover half-terms across the country, and so we may not be accepting school bookings while your school is still in term time.
The Home Education rate, offered to children who are home educated, can only be claimed during term time and the summer holidays, and not during half-terms or event weekends.
Prices for all programmes available on a school visit can be found here.
A lunch area and time slot are allocated for your group to have your lunch. This is based on our own availability, and activities booked for your group on the day.
You will need to ensure your group bring your own lunches which, upon arrival, can be stored in one of our numbered containers.
Please note: We do not have any facilities in which to store coats or book bags.
The National Space Centre Gift Shop sells a variety of gifts and educational toys that your students can purchase.
Your group will be allocated a shop slot during your visit, please stick to this to reduce congestion in the shop during busy periods.
We also offer shop packs which are available to pre-order when booking your visit. Costings are £3.00 a pack and include a pen, a pencil and 2-in-1 UFO eraser and pencil sharpener. Please enquire at the time of booking.
A free pre-visit is available to organisers with a confirmed booking - a maximum of two teachers per confirmed booking may attend. Please note pre-visits are for teachers attending the visit, and so friends and family cannot be admitted as part of the free pre-visit; they must pay separately to enter.
Official school documentation is required for both teachers upon arrival. Pre-booking is required, please contact our bookings team for more information.
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24th Jun 2025
Aligns with National Curriculum links "The Universe and our place in it"
20th Jun 2025
All 5 students attended, they completed the workshop and completed a tour of the space centre. All 5 students completed their certification and are awarded a BCS in Edge AI. Certificates will be issued in due course.
