Keele Observatory

Excellent.The Observatory is open to the public every Tuesday from 8:00pm - 10:00pm during the winter season, and is best when the skies are at least partly clear. The Astronomy academic staff and undergraduates are on hand to answer questions on the night sky objects, or anything else about astronomy. They are polite, helpful and extremely knowledgeable, and enthusiastic and engaging about their subject. The main attractions are the telescopes, which give fantastic magnification of the moon, planets, nebulae and stars. We've seen craters on the moon; Jupiter's moons; nebulae, including the Orion nebulae and the ring nebula, and some double stars including Albireo. The staff have a range of telescopes for viewing different objects, and this includes the recent comet.Always worth a visit, but make sure you know how to get to it as it's tucked away in the dark part of Keele campus.

I called in at the observatory during a trip to Keele University. The people there were helpful and showed me round.The optical telescope is an interesting item but is not currently used for research.

Amazing place, lovely settingBest on Tues evenings where you can see through telescope, weather permitting

Went for an entertaining hour in the hands of a very nice chap who showed us the two telescopes in the photos and gave us some excellent explanations of how various celestial objects were discovered and investigated. Brilliant.

Went there on Tuesday night, very friendly and helpful volunteers and staff well worth a visit on a clear night, not much light pollution so you get great dark skies there.

Visited the observatory last night with my partner. What an interesting evening. The staff are excellent and very informative. Even got to see Mars. Well worth a visit. Will definitely make a return visit.

Very interesting and the guides are very friendly and helpful

Visited on an organised group visit. Really informative talk from the Director Jacco van Loon. Anyone can visit on a Tuesday evening between 8 and 10pm. Will definitely return as unfortunately it was a cloudy night for us.

Had great time with other astronomy and physics enthusiasts. I recommend visiting for anyone interested or looking to learn more in those fields.

Very good telescope where instructors can show you all the planets. Great experience.