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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
KEELE OBSERVATORY
Regular opening days throughout the year
Every Tuesday | 8-10pm
Every Saturday | 1-3pm
KEELE OBSERVATORY,
KEELE UNIVERSITY
Located on a hilltop within the Keele University
campus, Keele Observatory was founded in 1962
and hosts a 31cm aperture refractor dating back to 1874
as well as a 61cm aperture research reflecting telescope.
Visitors are welcome during the public openings.
Weather permitting, they will be offered amazing views
through the telescopes of objects such as the Moon,
planets, star clusters, or the Sun. Astronomers are
at hand to explain and answer questions.
FREE
KEELE UNIVERSITY
ARBORETUM
Children and adults are welcome; there is disabled
access to the public areas of the observatory including
toilet facilities. Parking at the site on request, additional
parking available nearby.
Open throughout the year
The many footpaths that criss-cross the University estate enable much of this natural
history to be observed at relatively close quarters. In March 2012 our collection of
flowering cherries was awarded National Collection status by Plant Heritage.
To find out more about the Observatory visit:
[email protected]
keele.ac.uk/observatory
The campus is open all year round and the arboretum covers the whole of the campus,
so to see all the trees is a day’s visit. A Guided Walks leaflet can be obtained from the
Box Office at the University reception in Chancellor’s Building and Keele Hall reception.
FREE
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Keele University is situated in 240 hectares (600 acres) of landscaped grounds to the
west of the Potteries conurbation in North Staffordshire, UK. Throughout the period
of its construction, the University has been careful to preserve as many mature trees
as possible and to restrict the height of buildings to maintain the feeling of living and
working in a landscape.
For more information about the arboretum including a downloadable version of the
Guided Walks and the virtual trails visit keele.ac.uk/arboretum
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