The night was not quite what was expected, attending the aurora night we were expecting to see stars etc. However due to the weather conditions it was not possible. As an alternative there were various demos, talks and exhibits to see. Although not what was...More

We arrived at the location early and were greeted with heavy snow. as we sat in the car waiting to go into the late night dark skies event, we were a little disappointed with the weather conditions. However when we went in the team were...More

We went to a family astronomy event. Even though it was light we got to see spots on the sun & bright stars. The guys there were great, they made it interesting & informative & the kids (& us!) were engaged. Very small criticism -...More

Was always going to be a risk booking to visit at Easter. After a few sunny clear days we were unlucky in having a cloudy evening. However the event was still interesting and we all enjoyed it. The guides are passionate and knowledgeable on their...More

We went up to the observatory for the space kids two hour session and had an amazing time! The staff were knowledgeable without being too techie and really good with the children. The programme had a good balance between enough information and things to do,...More

We had a really interesting and informative night here; there was some light cloud so we couldn't see the full glory of a Kielder dark sky, however the full moon looked stunning through the telescope. There are extra talks for cloudy evenings and all the...More

We went on a family trip and the whole evening was really engaging. Listening to people who love their specialist field really brings space alive. All the better that they can get children looking through the big space telescopes whilst daylight to see stars and...More