South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre
South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre
South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre
4.5
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The South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre in Chichester is a registered educational charity run by a team of dedicated, enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers.
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Andy K
Flitwick, UK11 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Grandson very interested in Astronomy so was delighted to find this little gem.
Volunteers do a great job.
Work currently underway to provide a cafe and other welcome facilities.
Fascinating presentation.
Highly recommended
Volunteers do a great job.
Work currently underway to provide a cafe and other welcome facilities.
Fascinating presentation.
Highly recommended
Written 1 November 2023
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Marion W
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Jun 2023 • Family
I would highly recommend visiting, we’ve been a few times now with my 10 year old autistic son, who loves everything space!
John is a fantastic speaker, not only is his knowledge truly amazing, he is also a very motivating speaker. I truly believe he has been very inspirational for my son, who has learnt so much from his talks and now wants to go on to study Astronomy.
All the staff are generally passionate about what they do, my son has high anxiety and struggles in social environments and the staff have been so friendly and happy to make adjustments to support him by letting him in first. Without their kindness and support I’m not sure he would have felt relaxed enough to to access this experience.
Thank you so much for all your hard work 🙂
John is a fantastic speaker, not only is his knowledge truly amazing, he is also a very motivating speaker. I truly believe he has been very inspirational for my son, who has learnt so much from his talks and now wants to go on to study Astronomy.
All the staff are generally passionate about what they do, my son has high anxiety and struggles in social environments and the staff have been so friendly and happy to make adjustments to support him by letting him in first. Without their kindness and support I’m not sure he would have felt relaxed enough to to access this experience.
Thank you so much for all your hard work 🙂
Written 19 June 2023
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Bonita L
Chatham, UK37 contributions
Jun 2023 • Friends
The Chichester Planetarium is run by volunteers it is an amazing place to visit for all ages. The presentation was conducted in such a way as to make it easy to understand with fantastic visual images that had us all in awe of how our universe is made up of planets stars and other galaxies. The volunteers were all very helpful we had tea coffee and biscuits afterwards before our coach journey home a very worthwhile experience
Written 16 June 2023
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Luke N
Chichester, UK94 contributions
Jul 2022 • Friends
Brilliant!
Can't recommend highly enough.
Go, it's so worth it.
The speaker is clearly very enthusiastic and passionate, which makes for a lively talk.
Regular different subjects.
Can't recommend highly enough.
Go, it's so worth it.
The speaker is clearly very enthusiastic and passionate, which makes for a lively talk.
Regular different subjects.
Written 6 February 2023
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Robert G
Midhurst7 contributions
Nov 2022
A very professional and interesting presentation. This was the second time we had been, and both times have been extremely enjoyable.
Written 21 November 2022
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Mike H
5 contributions
Aug 2022
Took our granddaughter along. It was very ineresting and presented by a live person, not a recording. He told us about the impending shooting stars that weekend and how to find a dark skies spot which we duly visited at 11pm on the Saturday. Our granddaughter thought this was thrilling!
Written 7 November 2022
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Maria W
5 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Went to see the 7 Wonders of the Solar System show and it was fantastic. Passionate commentary from the MC of the evening and really interesting and visually beautiful from start to finish. Absolute bargain for £8.50 if you are into Space and Planetary Science. Highly
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Recommend
Written 14 October 2022
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Elizabeth R
Portsmouth, UK13 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
I thought for a local show it was really interesting and informative. We had a really nice time and it was really worth the price. Definitely would like to see another show here.
Written 7 October 2022
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Linda D
Chertsey6 contributions
Jul 2022
This was our second trip to this venue, the first time was a 'Northern Lights' talk. Yesterday was the 'Summer sky'.
Our first trip was perfect. Excellent and very knowledgeable speaker. Yesterday, the same speaker was very engaging and knew his stuff.
However our experience was tainted by the very young children behind us who were noisy and being completely ignored by their mother. They were pulling the backs of our seats and kicking them too. There was also a young baby in the audience who was very vocal. I have two children myself and would not have considered taking them to something like this at the same age, I can only guess that it was something to do, during the holidays. Good for them but it spoilt it for others.
Our first trip was perfect. Excellent and very knowledgeable speaker. Yesterday, the same speaker was very engaging and knew his stuff.
However our experience was tainted by the very young children behind us who were noisy and being completely ignored by their mother. They were pulling the backs of our seats and kicking them too. There was also a young baby in the audience who was very vocal. I have two children myself and would not have considered taking them to something like this at the same age, I can only guess that it was something to do, during the holidays. Good for them but it spoilt it for others.
Written 29 July 2022
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jadeycakes
west sussex12 contributions
Mar 2022 • Friends
Enthusiastic tour host who kept the audience engaged. All staff were friendly and knowledgable. Definitely worth a visit, thank you!!
Written 18 April 2022
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elenacocina
Madrid, Spain11 contributions
Why do you think it is only for children over 6 years old? Thanks!
Is this disabled friendly?
The Planetarium has two easy access toilets and reserved blue badge parking. The public areas and the Star Theatre are all on one level with a gentle incline leading in. The Star Theatre has 4 places for wheelchairs for those that cannot transfer to an aircraft seat - let the Planeatrium know at the point of booking.
brimoy
Chichester, UK6 contributions
is there parking ?
They have a free car park adjacent to the building with allocated Blue Badge/Disabled parking available - ask at the point of booking.
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