Where're the good skies in the UK?

[Tim]

A warm welcome

Only a masochist would move to the UK for astronomy As explained above, all the good places are light polluted, and all the dark places have duff conditions.

Just to the right hand centre of Wales is maybe a good compromise, close enough to several towns for work, but dark enough for decent astronomy. More than the fair share of weather though.

[Whippy]

for access to dark skies....scotland has england beat no questions....there are large parts of scotland where there are no lights....Rannoch Moor especially.

It may be dark, but if there's one place I wouldn't fancy being on a cold and dark night it's Rannoch Moor. Bleak doesn't quite cover it!

Tony..

[Beyond_Vision]

Dorset/Wilthsire border areas and East Anglia have the best number of clear nights along with dark skies. The other that spring to mind are the Lizard peninsula and Lands End in Cornwall. The darkest skies would be the North of Scotland but the wettest.

Regards

Kevin

[Beulah]

I was going to say Dorset - it contains some of the clearest weather in the UK! Shame about the amount of development that's going on down by the coastal area though.

[umadog]

I've been out of the hobby for several years and am just coming back. I reckon the main thing that dampened my enthusiasm was the conditions in the UK. But then again, I made little effort to search for dark skies.

Perhaps I should just look for a job in Texas ;-)

[nobbytate]

Hi and welcome from me to

[BAZ Senior]

Hi Umadog, welcome to SGL.

[johnh]

Welcome from Brisbane.

JohnH.

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

[Quatermass]

Hi and welcome if your coming to the uk move to suffolk out in the country some good dark skies but the locals are a bit bonkers..