Contact the Observatory

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any enquiries about Bayfordbury Observatory.

Bayfordbury Observatory is primarily a university teaching observatory for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and not generally open to the public during the year. We do welcome the public to various events. Find out more about visiting us or options for our Mobile Planetarium visiting you.

Get in touch with us

You can see if your question is answered in our list of FAQs.

Please note that many of us are often working away from the office. If you cannot get a reply via phone please send an email and we will get back to you.

Name	Telephone	Email	Role
Mily Riley (she/her)	+44 (0) 7394 356617	astro-events@herts.ac.uk	Bayfordbury Education Officer Open Evening, Group & Community visit, School trip and Home Education visits coordinator Mobile Planetarium coordinator (Cosmos in the Classroom, Celestial Explorer)
Prof. David Pinfield (he/him)		d.j.pinfield@herts.ac.uk	Director of Bayfordbury Observatory Undergraduate Teaching
Dr. Ben Burningham (he/him)		b.burningham@herts.ac.uk	Director of Outreach & Public Engagement
Press office	+44 (0)1707 285770	news@herts.ac.uk	Press/media enquiries
UH Venues	+44 (0)1707 284841	venues@herts.ac.uk	Commercial use of the site (e.g. filming/events)
UH Enterprise		Web form	Commercial use of facilities (e.g. consultancy/research)
Lord Dover (he/him)	+44 (0)1707 285837	l.dover@herts.ac.uk	Senior Technical Officer
Dr. Sam Rolfe (they/them)	+44 (0)1707 285837	s.rolfe2@herts.ac.uk	Technical Tutor

Find us on Social Media

We regularly update our Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter accounts. Follow us for updates on Public Open Evenings and astronomical events and to see what we are working on at the Observatory. Enjoy some of the many images we have taken of the night sky with our telescopes and photos of Bayfordbury campus on our Flickr page.

You may have found us through GoStargazing, which lists dark sky sites and observatories near you.