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Retro Computer Festival 2026 (Space Edition) – Saturday 14th November

Retro Computer Festival 2026 is Go for landing!  This year we'll boldly go to a galaxy far far away. And Houston, we hope there's no problems. As you might have guessed, the theme is SPACE!

  • 14th November 2026 - 14th November 2026
  • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Retro Computer Festival 2026 is Go for landing!  This year we’ll boldly go to a galaxy far far away. And Houston, we hope there’s no problems. As you might have guessed, the theme is SPACE!

We’ll be dedicating another entire weekend to the Retro Computing Community – and this time it’s the space edition! Expect to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running space games, plotting the heavens and emulating space craft – and much more!

The Centre for Computing History will be opening its doors on the 14th and 15th November 2025 and welcoming enthusiasts to exhibit their personal collections, retro computing mods and state of the art hacks.

Entry for visitors is just standard museum entry.

Could you exhibit? Do you have a space themed exhibit to share with the world? Please drop Tony a line on tony@computinghistory.org.uk for more details.

Click here for information about Sunday 15 Nov

Spaces for these exciting hands-on events are limited, so booking is required to ensure your place.

Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Blue badge parking
  • Car Parking
  • Disabled Accessibility
  • Ear defenders
  • mostly flat terrain
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • On site parking
  • wheelchair access
  • wheelchair accessible
  • WI-FI
  • WIFI

Accessibility Facilities

  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Blue Badge Parking
  • Car parking
  • Designated wheelchair public toilet
  • Mostly flat terrain
  • Wheel chair accessible
  • wheelchair access
  • Wheelchair accessible
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First World War poet Rupert Brooke studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and spent time living in Grantchester. He was so enamoured with the Cambridgeshire village he penned one of his most famous works, The Old Vicarage, about his home there.