Site opens 6 June 2017
Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QA
Welcome to
Cheltenham Science Festival
Discover Zone
5 minute walk
Toilets Regency Café
Toilets
Town Hall
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Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre GL50 3AA
Pillar Room Toilet
6–11 June 2017
GE Pavilion Science Trail Start
The Cube
Siemens Curiosity Zone Holst Statue
From 6–11 June, Imperial Square and Cheltenham Town Hall will be filled with free, hands-on fun. Enter a carnival of creativity in the MakerShack and find activities of all kinds in our Discover Zone.
Open 9–11 June
Open daily 10am–6pm
All ages
All ages
Design your ideal high-tech smart bedroom. Work with EDF engineers to build electronics circuits and then test them live.
Box Office The Crucible Helix Theatre
Festival Café
MakerShack
Conversation Corner
Cheltenham Science Festival 6–11 June 2017
(late opening Wed 7 & Fri 9 June, till 8pm)
BBC Focus Science Trail
Plant yourself in GE’s green pavilion and unearth your passion for science, technology, engineering and maths. Enjoy hands-on activities and meet the engineers that are shaping our future.
Open daily
All ages
Activity Tents
Siemens Curiosity Zone Open 10–11 June 10am–6pm
Open daily
All ages
All ages
MakerShack
Have a go at assembling an electric car, build your own railway, or learn how to code your way through a digital rail-themed challenge using the BBC micro:bit. There are lots of activities to explore and experiments to tackle!
Open daily 6–9 June 3–5pm, 10–11 June 10am–5pm
Discover Zone Open daily 10am–5pm
All ages (late opening for adults Fri 9 June 8-10pm)
A huge, free interactive space to get handson with the latest exciting research and technology. Find out more about the world and how it works: from aeroplane engineering and quantum computing to memories and microscopic bugs.
Toilets
Waterstones Book Shop
FREE
GE Pavilion
EDF Energy Zone
ExperiTent
Activity Tents
Look out for experiments, hands-on making activities and performances as the Science Festival takes to the streets. On Saturday evening, join our Sci Crawl in venues around Cheltenham: explore the chemistry of cocktails, find out how to brew the perfect cup of coffee, and much more.
EDF Energy Zone
EDF Energy Arena
Free Entry, All Ages (late opening – over 16s only – Fri 9 June 8–10pm)
Enter a carnival of creativity in the MakerShack: explore wondrous materials and intriguing techniques with a host of makers, engineers and craftspeople, and put your newfound knowledge to the test as you make your very own creations and inventions. Visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/science for more information.
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Imperial Garden Bar
Large Animal Dissection RPS Images Open daily Town Hall
All ages
11 June 10am–4pm Activity Tents, Imperial Square
From head to hoof: Join a specialist team from Hartpury University Centre to explore equine anatomy through a detailed dissection.
Follow the trail around the Town Hall through this exhibition of amazing science images from the Royal Photographic Society. Solve ten clues to identify the key pictures and enter a prize draw for a Nikon camera!
A selection of hands-on activities exploring the natural world. Find out what it’s like to be a heart scientist and try your hand at CPR with the British Heart Foundation, explore a range of topics with the University of Southampton, and join Hartpury University Centre to discover whether you’re fit to ride a racehorse, how drumming can change your brain, and much more. On Saturday and Sunday have a play with a Chladni plate installation and experience the sound of symmetry.
Collect your quiz sheet from the Science Trail start point and follow the Trail around Imperial Square.
Alongside all the hands-on science and free activities happening across Cheltenham and on the Festival site in Imperial Square, don’t miss the hundreds of events that fill the programme of Cheltenham Science Festival.
Conversation Corner Open daily, drop in
Dara Ó Briain
Evelyn Glennie
Richard Dawkins
Maddie Moate
Dallas Campbell
Alice Roberts
Have our speakers got your brain whirring? Share ideas, be inspired and join other audience members for an informal chat at Conversation Corner in the Festival Café. Places limited, unreserved seating.
See cheltenhamfestivals.com/science for more information.
Stargazing
16-25?
7 and 8 June 9.45–11pm Meet at the Holst Statue
16-25 Members receive 10% off at all cafés*: Festival Café, Imperial Garden Bar & Regency Café in the Town Hall.
Join members of the Cotswold Astronomical Society for a supervised evening of stargazing using members’ telescopes. Observe the night sky for yourself, with the chance to see Saturn and Jupiter. Full Moon is 9th June. These events are dependent on clear skies.
*Includes all food and hot drinks. Visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/16-25 to find out how to register.
Featuring Jon Culshaw Chocolate Music and Sound Lionel Shriver Hacking Live Ellen Stofan Our Future World Jim Al-Khalili Variety Night Richard Dawkins Roger Penrose Bryony Gordon Coffee Marcus du Sautoy Vampires Rory Cellan Jones Mysteries of the Mind and many more
Book now at cheltenhamfestivals.com/science