Bracknell

The Bracknell Look Out Discovery Centre will be putting some of the abundance of toys it was left by Father Christmas to good use this spring.

From January 15, the popular Toy Box Show is returning to explain the science behind some of children’s most favourite toys.

The demonstrations include how electricity, clockwork mechanisms, magnets, air and gravity make toys work.

The show is on at 11am, midday, 2pm and 3.15pm, at weekends and Bracknell Forest school holidays until May 7, when it will be replaced by Bugs and Beasties.

In the surrounding 2,600 acres of Crown Estate woodland, there are many trails and walks. The Look Out also has an exciting children’s play area, a picnic area, and coffee shop and gift shop. Mountain bike hire and orienteering are also available - please check times with the centre for bike hire.

Cllr Iain McCracken, Executive Member for Bracknell Leisure and Corporate Services, said: "The Look Out is superb at making science relevant and interesting to children, and explaining how their toys work is an excellent way of developing their understanding.

"There is so much to do at the centre, it makes for a fun day out for all the family.”

For further information, please call The Look Out Discovery Centre on 01344 354400, or visit our website on www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/be

Bracknell Forest Borough Council