Welcome to
FESTIVAL VILLAGE
Cheltenham Science Festival
Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QA Site opens 5 June free entry
KEY
Discover Zone Toilets
Free interactive zones
Free activities
Ticketed event venues
Others
Toilets
Town Hall
Regency Café Pillar Room Toilet Imperial Garden Bar Waterstones Book Shop Festival Café
Conversation Corner EDF Energy Zone
Science Trail Start
Hartpury Science Hub
GE Pavilion
The Arena
ExperiTent The Cube Woodland Trust
The Sphere Women in STEM
NEW
Holst Statue
Free CheltSciFest Fringe
Box Office
The Crucible
Helix Theatre
From science busking, stargazing and bioblitzing to five-star Fringe shows, pub quizzes and geeky film nights – look out for free events and hands-on fun over the Festival (5–10 June).
Cyber Zone MakerShack
Beside our many family friendly activities, adults will be thrilled by comedy, films and other performances in pubs, bars and cafés across Cheltenham as part of our CheltSciFest Fringe and can discover our free interactive zones on site in an adultonly special opening on Friday night.
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5–10 June 2018
The MakerShack and Discover Zone are back due to popular demand and we are excited to add our brand new Cyber Zone to our Festival Village!
Careers Evening
Free activities
8 June, 5–7pm
Stargazing
Beemobile
7 & 8 June, 9.45–11pm Meet at the Holst Statue
5–8 June All ages
Join members of the Cotswold Astronomical Society for a supervised evening of stargazing.
Animal Superheroes Science Trail Daily All ages Created by the team behind BBC Focus Magazine, collect your quiz sheet from the Science Trail starting point and follow the Trail around Imperial Square. Supported by
Try making a seed-bomb, explore pollination, taste some yummy honey and so much more with the Bee Friendly Trust.
Women in STEM Photo Installation
GE Pavilion 5, 7 & 10 June, 10am–6pm 6, 8 & 9 June, 10am–8pm
Daily All ages Find out more about amazing women in STEM in our photo installation.
Women in Innovation Photography Exhibition Town Hall
Cyber Trail Daily Ages 10+ Become a code-breaker and gather clues to unlock a cryptic challenge. Begin your quest in the Cyber Zone.
In the EDF Energy Zone, GE Pavilion, Hartpury Science Hub & Cyber Zone
Representing UK’s most promising female entrepreneurs, recognising their differences and the diverse ideas they bring forward. Portraits provided by Innovate UK.
Cheltenham Science Festival 5–10 June 2018 Don’t miss out on hundreds of events at #cheltscifest: Featuring Alice Roberts, Demis Hassabis, What Connects Us? What Divides Us?, Maddie Moate, The Universe, Hannah Fry, Sheila Rowan, Our Planet, Jim Al-Khalili, Olly Mann, Hacking:Live and much more... Book now at cheltenhamfestivals.com/science
Woodland Trust
Free interactive zones All Ages
Daily All ages Learn more about how woods and trees benefit the environment around us with some hands-on activities and fun from the people behind Nature Detectives!
MakerShack Daily 10am–5pm Enter a carnival of creativity! Explore marvellous materials, code a robot to read a bedtime story, enter the Slime Factory, discover forever re-moldable thermoplastics, carve a path for a river and so much more.
RAF Falcons Display 5–10 June
2018
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Connect with a world of STEM, explore various hands-on activities, listen to talks and find out about career opportunities.
Look to the sky and you may be surprised by an exciting sky diving display by the RAF Falcons on Wednesday 6 June. Weather dependent.
Conversation Corner Share ideas, be inspired and join other audience members for an informal chat after the events you attended. Places limited, unreserved seating.
EDF Energy Zone
The Sphere
NEW
Daily 10am–5pm Create your own unique art inspired by your heartbeat, get hands-on with Lego genome editing, make a microbe, get a glimpse of what living in a “Quantum City” might be like, create your own vegan smoothie and more…
Hartpury Science Hub 5–10 June, 10am–5pm Drop in to take part in exciting experiments, explore pioneering research and find out more about sport and exercise, equine performance, animal welfare and agriculture.
Large Animal Dissection 10 June, 10am–4pm Hartpury Science Hub Following the success of last year’s horse investigation, Hartpury Scientists will be performing a detailed dissection of a wallaby.
8–10 June, 10am–5pm Visit the EDF Energy Zone to find out how EDF are encouraging the scientists, engineers and thinkers of tomorrow and find out about their programmes to inspire the next generation in STEM.
Supported by
Cyber Zone Step into a fascinating digital world…
NEW FOR 2018!
Try your hand as an ethical hacker, crack puzzles, pick locks, and see what the future might look like as you come face-to-face with artificial intelligence.
Workshop Becoming A Chess Grandmaster Friday 8 June, 4–5pm Saturday 9 June, 3.30–4.30pm, 4.45–5.45pm Find out how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the game of chess.
Cyber Talks Saturday 9 June, 1.30–2.30pm Sunday 10 June, 1.30–2.30pm Leading experts give an introduction to some of the hottest topics in cyber security.
Discover Zone
Cyber Surgery: Ask The Expert
Daily 10am–5pm Find out more about the world and how it works; with virtual reality, aerospace engineering, chemistry, cyber security and quantum computing.
Daily 10am–5pm Free Entry All Ages
Late opening just for adults MakerShack, Discover Zone, Cyber Zone & EDF Energy Zone
Friday 8 June, 8–10pm
Sunday 10 June, 3.15–4.15pm Have your emails been hacked? How can you keep your kids safe online? Join cyber security experts Jessica Barker and FC as they answer your questions. All three events are FREE; no ticket required. Places limited, unreserved seating.