National Space Centre
Museums & Science Centres · Leicester, Leicestershire
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Open now — closes 5pm
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyBooking requiredEducationalSensory-friendly sessionsMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Parking £4 (09:00-17:00)
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The National Space Centre is home to the UK's largest planetarium and galleries exploring space. Visitors can experience the brand-new Outer Solar System Experience with interactive adventures through deep space, alongside exhibitions including the Other Worlds collection. The Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium shows films on a fulldome screen. Summer activities include dinosaur encounters and hands-on science sessions, with holiday clubs and an online Space Club for children aged 7–11. The venue is an educational charity with a café and shop on-site.
Throughout summer (25 Jun - 1 Sep 2026), VAT temporarily cut to reduce cost of days out.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Bum bag
- Hand sanitiser
- Plasters
- Muslin cloths
- Hair bobbles
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