National Trust and Star gazing

[reddoss]

In this months news letter, the  National Trust are  promoting star gazing at a number of their sites/properies which they descibe as being dark sky sites. Here is the link 

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/activities/stargazing/?campid=Email_Central_Newsletter_February2014_NT13009SJ01

[Steve Ward]

My nearest one , Wicken Fen , has a great star-gazing plan , it's open from dawn to dusk .... 

[rustyjames]

No mention of the top job done by the ladies and gents of hereford astro society at Berrington hall in herefordshire

[melsky]

Also no mention of the stargazing events we've (Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group) run at Stonehenge for the past 4 or 5 years

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[Beulah]

For chaps and chapesses, here's something for West Midlanders:  'Stars in Your Skies' at the  National trust Carding Mill Valley

[ccfcbob]

Anyone ever been to Burton Dassett just south of Coventry?

I know its not a dark site but better than what I currently have

[hobsey]

Thank for that. 

Headley Heath is my closest, 40 minute drive away.

EDIT* tell a lie, Leith Hill is.

[SteveWolves]

We were taking part in one at Whitwick Manor Wolverhampton but not a dark location, hope to see that one come off with Wolverhampton A.S.

[Chris Rowland]

My Astro Society are involved in the one at Waddeston Manor.  We're doing the stargazing, not the food.

I doubt that these sites will be really dark, they won't want people tripping over things.  Hopefully a bit darker than Stargazing Live though.

Hope for clear skies.

Chris

[cstew]

Was up near Low Wray a few weeks ago, at Wray Castle actually, shame there was no room to take my scope.... or any clear nights to use it!

[jnb]

My astro society did the one at Birling Gap. Not bad as dark sky sites go in the UK but the scopes were set up just outside their cafe which made sense in that we gad dry ground to stand on, our wet weather plan was to move everything just a few metres and the public weren't traipsing long distances in the dark. Yes there was an immediate problem from the lights next to us but it was probably worth putting up with that in exchange for the advantages.