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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 42 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 43