DINOSAURS, Cybermen and CSI investigators will descend on Bradford city centre next month when the city hosts its new-look Science Festival.

Bradford Science Festival will take place at the National Science and Media Museum, The Broadway and City Park - which will be transformed into an interactive laboratory.

The festival kicks off with an adults only Lates event at the museum on Friday July 14 before a weekend of family events on July 15 and 16.

Although an annual science festival had been part of the City Park calendar since 2012, it was dropped last year when organisers said they no longer had the capacity to continue with it.

It has now been taken on by the re-branded National Science and Media Museum, along with Bradford Council and The Broadway, with plans to expand it further in future years.

The city will be divided into “zones” during the weekend, with Broadway becoming a Jurassic Zone with lifelike dinosaurs and reptiles. Shoppers will meet baby dinosaurs and take part in fossil digs.

The mirror pool in City Park will become the “WaterLab” where people can witness the Gurgle Splosher, an interactive sound sculpture representing the science of the water cycle.

There will be appearances by Titan the Robot in City Park’s Robot Zone, along with driverless model cars, drones and a Cybermen walkabout by the Doctor Who fan group Cyber Legion.

The Survival Zone brings cataclysmic disasters to the city, challenging visitors to ‘escape the volcano’ and discover what happens when meteorites hit earth.

There will also be organisations from the district giving advice to budding scientists about education and careers.

CSI-style forensic investigations for youngsters will be held at the museum, along with live coding and science videogaming. Summer exhibition Supersenses will be open and the Wonderlab gallery launches a new live show Enchanted Wood.

Vicky Clifton, the museum’s head of participation and learning said: “There is an amazing amount of scientific activity and history here in Bradford that people may not know about. This festival will be drawing on all that talent and creativity for three days of fun and learning that adults, children and families can enjoy, and hopefully be inspired to explore more for themselves.”