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MAKING IT! IS A HIGH TECH DISCOVERY CENTRE FULL OF EXCITING AND FUN THINGS TO SEE, DO AND MAKE FOR ALL AGES.

At the Making It! Discovery Centre be amazed at how inventions happens – how they succeed or fail – design your own fizzy drink – produce designs using light-box drawing techniques and explore 3D Computer Aided Design – explore different materials and test them to destruction – try to run an assembly line and put your head into a virtual factory making newspapers, cans and bottles – pits your wits against the “bottle filling challenge” – puzzle out the mysteries of bar codes – and star on the front page of a newspaper, print a copy to take home.

You can choose one kit from the list below – Yes you actually design and build a model product of your own, test and package it and then take it home! What will you choose – Torch – Space Rocket – Clock – Boat – Jitterbug – Speed Machine – Ball Launcher – Live Wire Challenge – Motorised Dragster – Plane Launcher – Fairground Carousel …… whatever you choose you will have great fun building your kit.

Making it! will stimulate, educate, entertain and amaze you, whether you are six or sixty six.

We supply everything you need (it’s included in the admission price) you will receive a basket of components to construct your chosen kit – you only pay for batteries to make your model work (20p each).

But that’s not all – there’s a themed family friendly shop and cafe selling fairly priced hot and cold meals, snacks and drinks – children’s play area within the cafe – inside/outside patio area to eat your packed lunch – plenty of nearby parking and bus/train stations within a ten minute walk.