Magna Science Adventure Centre
📍 Magna Way, Templeborough, Rotherham S60 1FD, UK
About Magna Science Adventure Centre
The Magna Science Adventure Centre, located in Rotherham, offers an award-winning day out exploring the wonders of science and technology within a former steelworks. Rated an excellent 4.2/5 stars by thousands of visitors, it provides an immersive and interactive experience for all ages.
Housed in the impressive colossal structure of the former Templeborough steelworks, Magna invites exploration across four themed pavilions representing Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Visitors can delve into the fascinating industrial heritage of the region, with many hands-on exhibits showcasing the history of local metal foundries. Guests often remark on the sheer scale of the place and the vast array of engaging activities available, from interactive science experiments to a massive outdoor adventure playground and water play area, ensuring there's plenty to keep families entertained for a full day.
Visiting Information
Magna Science Adventure Centre is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, and on weekends from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The centre is fully accessible, offering wheelchair-accessible parking, entrances, and restrooms. For convenience, NFC payments are accepted.
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📍 Magna Way, Templeborough, Rotherham S60 1FD, UK
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Showing 5 of 4,431 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 2 February 2026.
Easily spend all day there. A big place showing history of local metal foundry. Lots to do, good for kids and adults. There is also big playground for little kids and big kids. You can bring own picnic to eat in the cafe or buy something from there.
Went to the Magna science centre today and it was great. The exhibition was interesting, interactive and quite inspiring. The place is massive but it felt full of interesting things to do and look at. I felt like I was on red dwarf at one point haha. My niece enjoyed it and got involved. The cafe is ok, there are plenty of toilets and there is also a good park outside. The bonus is that you pay once and get an annual pass free, fantastic!
It was hard to navigate around, you go through the main and there is some bungee and zip line, there was a sign for then zip line but not for the main part. Loads of people waiting for the zip line section I ended up kicked a childs lunch as it was in the middle of the floor and I was looking up! Lucky the child wasn't with it 🙈. The actual elements sections was fun for children, the fire tornado wasn't working as it was wet and there was so many leaks. I understand its an extremely old building but if you can add zip lines I'm sure you can fix it up a bit. Highly recommend you bring your coat! As I didn't and I was freezing!!
An absolutely epic place for kids and adults alike! So interactive and interesting it kept us all entertained for hours. I loved the set up representing the 4 elements earth, wind, fire and water plus I found the big melt interesting (a little jumpy for my 2 year old). The outside park was huge and if we lived closer we would be there all the time! They had standard play area equipment but standpits I couldn't get my 2 year old out of and a water park I couldn't get my 5 year old out of! 100% recommend and we will be going back!
It was the 1st time we've been to Magna this weekend and we loved it. Lots to do and see, the big melt was amazing and got my 6 year old attention which is not easy to do. My sons favourite floor was the water floor and he was drenched when we came out of it. Luckily we had a towel to hand but it was good fun. We had a mix of a picnic and food from the cafe (the cafe food is expensive). The playground adventure had lots for all ages and my partner even went on the zip line too. The water park looks lovely but my boy said it was too cold to go in.