About this Event
MechSpace Family and Friends Day returns for 2026!
A free event for the young (and young at heart) to explore the teaching workshops at MechSpace - UCL's award-winning Mechanical Engineering workshop. The workshop will be open for visitors to discover more about the fascinating world of engineering design and will give children a chance to design, build, and test their own creations.
Making activities include:
- Make your own gas-powered racing car
- Build and program a robot
- Drive in a race simulator and sit in a real car
- Build lego vehicles and explore their aerodynamics
- See (and touch!) rockets, submarines, helicopters, racing cars, robots, and more
- Use a 3D printer and take home a cookie cutter
- Engrave your own Young MechSpace Member badge to remember the day
- So many Engineering colouring and activity sheets
- And more...
Some activities have limited capacity and will require timed bookings on the day. Most activities are suitable for ages 5+ with some adult supervision.
All under 18-year-olds must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times when in the building. MechSpace in an engineering workshop environment: areas not used for Family and Friends activities are strictly out of bounds.
MechSpace is the teaching workshop for UCL Mechanical Engineering where undergraduate and graduate students learn practical engineering skills and build competition vehicles including racing cars, drones, rockets, mars rovers, submarines, and ultra-efficient vehicles. More information is available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mechanical-engineering/about/facilities/mechspace
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
44 Wicklow Street, 44 Wicklow Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
