Jodrell Bank is 80 years old!

Posted: November 9, 2025

JODRELL Bank Observatory in Cheshire is celebrating its 80th birthday!

Part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, the observatory was established in 1945 by radio astronomer Bernard Lovell, and has played an important role in the research of all things Space for the past eight decades.

A good opportunity, then, to re-visit a gem from the archives with this piece from the autumn 2019 issue of Mirror Pensioner celebrating former Daily Mirror industrial correspondent, Terry Pattinson, and his visit to Jodrell Bank with the BBC.