| The Planetarium and Observatory are located on the popular Wynyard
Woodland Park (formerly the Castle Eden Walkway Country Park) near Thorpe
Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside in the North-East of England. The park is just
outside Stockton on the A177 (Durham Road). See map below. |
WWP Visitors Centre.
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The Observatory &
Millenium Telescope.
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These facilities complement and supplement the nature based educational
activities provided by the Woodland Park
through the extension of the ideas of conservation on our own planet and setting it and
our place in the natural universe, (for more information on Parks & Countryside
division <click here> ). |
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| The planetarium boasts a Goto Eros E5 star projector made
in Japan (the main teaching instrument) and a lovingly-restored Spitz
A1 projector made in Philadelphia (backup instrument), shining onto a
7-metre dome in a 72-seater auditorium, (with provision for 6 wheelchairs). It links
electronically to the nearby observatory so that the planetarium audience can view the
splendours of the night sky (as long as the weather is good) from the comfort of
former cinema seats! |
The planetarium regularly hosts remote observing sessions
with telescopes on Mt. Wilson, (California), Las Campanas, (Chile), the Liverpool
Telescope (National Schools Observatory - La Palma) and the new Faulkes Telescopes in
Hawaii & Australia. |
The Planetarium.
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| The facility is open to schools, colleges and the local
community and is available during week-days. Evening and weekend bookings can be made by
arrangement. Contact Ed Restall on 01740 630544 at the planetarium, or 01740 630011 at the
Visitor Centre. |
Map of the area.
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For a detailed map of how to find us in the Teesside area, please
click on the map to the left (map size: 54kB) |
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