🔭✨🌠Ambleside and Grasmere Big Switch Off Friday 28 March Join community groups, residents, and businesses switching the lights off to save energy & see more stars. Lights go out from 7pm onwards. Richard Darn Sunnyside Guest House Westmorland and Furness Council Dark Skies UK DarkSky International Kielder Observatory

Did you know? Northumberland National Park has the most pristine dark skies in England. Here are some tips from our visitor development & tourism officer, Duncan, on how you can help conserve our dark skies.

If you live in or near the Howardian Hills in N.Yorks you can shape the future of this beautiful (+dark!) landscape by coming along to a free public meeting in Hovingham on Tuesday 27 March. Go here for more details tinyurl.com/3az37rzb Pix Chris Lowther. North York Moors NP

We are now in prime Noctilucent Clouds season in the UK!   These clouds glow in the night with an electric blue colour. Very ghostly. Look north + use your phone to take a pix. Highest clouds on Earth. Pix Chris Lowther/Howardian Hills North York Moors NP Yorkshire Dales National Park N'land National Park

Run a visitor business in or near the Howardian Hills, North Yorkshire? Here's a great chance to learn more astro tourism with a free event on 27 August @ Yorkshire Arboretum. Pix Chris Lowther tinyurl.com/yc7c6urv North York Moors NP Go Stargazing Welcome to Yorkshire VisitRyedale

Stunning - Noctilucent Clouds adorn the magical skies above Howardian Hills National Landscape and North York Moors NP At 60 miles up, they are the highest clouds on Earth! Credit Chris Lowther/Howardian Hills Go Stargazing Welcome to Yorkshire North Yorkshire Council

The spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower is just around the corner! Join us on Sat 9 August for a special viewing event at the Star Hub, Sutton Bank North York Moors NP One the year's best shooting star displays! Bookings tinyurl.com/3ct2ebfy Go Stargazing

Did my first EVER "star gazing" Saturday, at the Sutton Bank Star Hub North York Moors NP visitor centre. HUGE thanks to Richard Darn Go Stargazing for lending telescopes to snap the #SturgeonMoon! And The Press for the tip off on the event! We ALSO saw Saturn's rings AND #perseids 😃

Perseid meteor sneaking in to the picture last night. A very bright moonlit landscape in the Yorkshire Dales National Park International Dark Sky Reserve #Swaledale

Do you have a tourism business in the Howardian Hills or bordering areas? Then check out a free workshop on astro-tourism on Wed 27 August, 2pm @ Yorkshire Arboretum. See what the stars can do for you! tinyurl.com/yk25yky9 North York Moors NP YorkMix Go Stargazing

Want to see Saturn. We have the perfect event for you! Go Stargazing is staging a solar system night at the Star Hub, Sutton Bank North York Moors NP on Sat 4 Oct. The ringed world is at its best for 10 years and telescopes will be at the ready. Book here solarsystem.eventbrite.co.uk

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Red alert: aurora likely. Issued 2025-10-01 19:51 UTC (20:51 BST) by AuroraWatch UK. #aurora

Another great piece of work by Paul. A. Bit of skill allied to a dark landscape and the result is captivating.

85% of people in the UK will never see the Milky Way from where they live! This is why we host our #DarkSkiesFestival - to give people to chance to experience a sky full of stars but also to create awareness around light pollution. 👉 yorkshiredales.org.uk/things-to-do/w… 📸 James Allinson

King of the planets - Jupiter - is at its closest point to the Earth today - a mere 390 million miles away. Visible through the night. Looks super bright. By 1am high in southern sky. Best view we've had for over a decade. North York Moors NP Yorkshire Dales National Park North Pennines National Landscape

A great place with lovely skies. 👍⭐🔭

Our Dark Skies Festival is getting closer! Running from 13 February to 1 March the festival offers a great opportunity to explore the beauty of the night sky and learn more about the universe we live in. Check out all our events here 👇 ow.ly/l9QR50Y8KeC 📸