Science Zone UK

• What they offer

  The Science Zone is a STEM activity centre in Boscombe, Bournemouth offering after school and home education clubs in coding, tech, robotics and science, plus holiday and half term activity programmes, workshops and public events. Its basement zone has a luminous zone, dinosaur den and sensory rooms, and there is a 4K digital planetarium with shows, a Code Ninjas coding zone, birthday parties (currently mobile service only) and school services. Adult dome shows and workshops are also available.

• Ages served

  Holiday and half term activity programmes are for children aged 3-15, and Code Ninjas STEM camps and coding courses cover ages 5-16 (Juniors 5-7, Create Programme 7-15). The dinosaur den and sensory rooms are described as suitable for babies up to 6 years old, and there are also shows and workshops for adults.

• Accessibility & sensory provision

  The basement zone hosts sensory rooms and a dinosaur den where visitors can get immersed in a sensory world interacting with colours, music and shapes, including musical bubble columns; these are suitable for babies to 6 year olds. The site notes their toilet is broken but a special key is available for the arcade closet toilet, with public toilets in the shopping centre around the corner. No other accessibility information is stated on this website.

• Quiet / relaxed sessions

  Not stated on this website.

• Cost

  Basement zone (sensory rooms and dinosaur den) tickets are £2 per person or £6 for a family ticket (2 adults + 2 children), with no pre-booking needed. Planetarium presentations cost £4 per person and fulldome films without presentation £2 per person; the Code Ninjas programme is available under a subscription service. Event tickets are bought online via PayPal, with card payments possible by phone.

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