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The National Space Centre, Leicester (not free)

The National Space Centre at Leicester is well worth a visit.

The Russian Soyuz space capsule greets you at the entrance! - The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The National Space Centre at Leicester is well worth a visit and there is nothing more atmospheric than eating below some rocket engines! When entering the foyer you are greeted by the Russian Soyuz space capsule!

The Russian Soyuz space capsule greets you at the entrance! - The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

 

The Mars Rover! - The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: The Mars Rover!

 

Lots of displays explaining what satellites can do orbiting Earth e.g. geographical surveys, weather monitoring and other investigating the surface and atmospheres of planets like Mars, Saturn etc. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: Lots of displays explaining what satellites can do orbiting Earth e.g. geographical surveys, weather monitoring and other investigating the surface and atmospheres of planets like Mars, Saturn etc.

Lots of displays explaining what satellites can do orbiting Earth e.g. geographical surveys, weather monitoring and other investigating the surface and atmospheres of planets like Mars, Saturn etc. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

 

Suspended satellites, with wires NOT gravity! The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: Suspended satellites, with wires NOT gravity!

Suspended satellites, with wires NOT gravity! The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

 

 

Rockets and rocket engines! The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands Rockets and rocket engines! The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: Rockets and rocket engines!

The British Blue Streak rocket (the largest rocket built in the UK) and the USAF PGM-17 Thor Rocket. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands The British Blue Streak rocket (the largest rocket built in the UK) and the USAF PGM-17 Thor Rocket. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: The British Blue Streak rocket (the largest rocket built in the UK) and the USAF PGM-17 Thor Rocket.

 Rocket - The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands The British Blue Streak rocket (the largest rocket built in the UK) and the USAF PGM-17 Thor Rocket. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

 

Atmospheric 'cafe' 'cafe' place to eat under the retired rocket engines! The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: Atmospheric 'cafe' place to eat under the retired rocket engines!

 

 A model of a large space station with all the solar panels extended to absorb the Sun's radiation to provide energy to power the space station. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands The picture shows a meteor damaged panel, a constant danger for any space station. The high speed impact of even a tiny meteorite can cause severe damage to the structure of any orbiting space station or satellite. The National Space Centre, Leicester, England, English Midlands

National Space Centre, Leicester: A model of a large space station with all the solar panels extended to absorb the Sun's radiation to provide energy to power the space station. The picture on the right shows a meteor damaged panel, a constant danger for any space station. The high speed impact of even a tiny meteorite can cause severe damage to the structure of any orbiting space station or satellite.

 


The Abbey Pumping Station Science and Technology Museum, Leicester (free)

Next too the National Space Center is the Abbey Pumping Station Museum which has a small cafe. There are lots of exhibits including old motorcycles, a great steam shovel, a working steam engine train and of course the great wheels and cylinders of the massive Gimson water pumping engine. These pumps enabled Leicester to pump all of its sewage to the water treatment plant at Beaumont Leys when it was built in the late 19th century between 1887 and 1890 and to a height equal to that of the chimney stack of the Abbey Pumping Station (see picture lower down).

The Abbey Pumping Station Museum is just across the car park from the 'dome-like' structure of the National Space Center, Leicester. On your way in you pass the giant steam driven shovel (Ruston Bucyrus 52-B steam quarry shovel to be precise!). It was built in 1935 and worked in an Oxfordshire quarry until 1967 and was one of the last steam powered excavators in Britain and was known as the 'Steam Navvy'. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The Abbey Pumping Station Museum is just across the car park from the 'dome-like' structure of the National Space Center, Leicester. On your way in you pass the giant steam driven shovel (Ruston Bucyrus 52-B steam quarry shovel to be precise!). It was built in 1935 and worked in an Oxfordshire quarry until 1967 and was one of the last steam powered excavators in Britain and was known as the 'Steam Navvy'.

 

The 164ft (~54m) tall chimney stack of the Abbey Pumping Station. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands On your way in you pass the giant steam driven shovel (Ruston Bucyrus 52-B steam quarry shovel to be precise!). It was built in 1935 and worked in an Oxfordshire quarry until 1967 and was one of the last steam powered excavators in Britain and was known as the 'Steam Navvy'. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The 164ft (~54m) tall chimney stack of the Abbey Pumping Station and the giant

 

The Abbey Pumping Station which houses the museum of science and technology. It was designed by Stockdale Harrison to look like an Elizabethan country house! It stopped pumping sewage in 1964, though by then the steam pumps were assisted by electric pumps. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The Abbey Pumping Station which houses the museum of science and technology. It was designed by Stockdale Harrison to look like an Elizabethan country house in 1924! It stopped pumping sewage in 1964, though by then the steam pumps were assisted by electric pumps.

 

Quite a variety of historic motor bikes, pumps and other gadgets from Victorian times and the earlier 20th century. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

Quite a variety of historic motor bikes, pumps and other gadgets from Victorian times and the earlier 20th century.

 

The giant wheels working the pumps are driven by steam beam engines and the pumping station is fired up occasionally for demonstration. The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The giant wheels working the pumps are driven by steam beam engines and the pumping station is fired up occasionally for demonstration.

 

The giant wheels of the steam pumping engine contrast somewhat with the little steam train locomotive that trundles around the Abbey Pumping Station, and a great little ride for the 'kids' of any age! The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands The giant wheels of the steam pumping engine contrast somewhat with the little steam train locomotive that trundles around the Abbey Pumping Station, and a great little ride for the 'kids' of any age! The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

The giant wheels of the steam pumping engine contrast somewhat with the little steam train locomotive that trundles around the Abbey Pumping Station, and a great little ride for the 'kids' of any age!

The little steam train locomotive that trundles around the Abbey Pumping Station, and a great little ride for the 'kids' of any age! The Abbey Pumping Station Museum of Science and Technology, Leicester, England, English Midlands

Overall a grand and interesting day out.

 

Index of LEICESTER pages De Montfort Hall, Victoria Park, War Memorials, Temples & 'domestic' buildings * Castle Yard, Castle House, external architecture of St Mary de Castro Church * Interior of St Mary de Castro Church * Newarke Houses Museum & Turret Gateway * Jain Centre, Magazine Gatehouse, Castle Park-Gardens, Grand Union Canal Bridge * St Martin's Cathedral Church * Medieval Guildhall * Wygston's House, St Margaret's Church & two Victorian Gothic Revival Churches * Jewry Wall, Roman Baths, Museum & St Nicholas Church * All Saints Church , Great Central & Leicester Railway Stations, Thomas Cook statue * New Walk and Sculptures * Holy Cross Church * Museum & Art Gallery * Clock Tower, Sporting sculpture, Leicester Market, Town Hall, Highcross Shops * Area around Orton square, East St Martins & Free Grammar School * National Space Centre & Abbey Pumping Station Museum * Knighton Village * Great Central Railway * The Leicester King Richard III trail! *

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