Welsh Dark Skies Week

Welsh Dark Skies Week Overview

  • Welsh Dark Skies Week Overview

  • Coverage: Wales
  • Size: 2,083 sq/m
  • Highest point: Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
  • Stargazing hotspot: Too many to list!
  • Best time for stargazing: September-March

Welcome to our second annual Welsh Dark Skies Week! - (February 17th-26th, 2023)

We are proud to be working together with the whole protected landscape family in Wales to bring to you a week of events around the country.

Together, the National Parks and Area’s of Outstanding Natural Beauty are all working hard to raise awareness of light pollution and how this impacts not just our view to the stars, but also our wildlife and health. We would love for you to join us on our journey around Wales’s protected landscapes to learn more about the work that is going on there to protect our Dark Skies and what you could do to help.

Date

Time

Designated Landscape

Where

Price

Event

Booking Link

17/02

TBC

Anglesey AONB

Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead

Free

Bat boxes with Active Woods

Anglesey Council Website

17/02

1930-2030

Brecon Beacons

N/A

N/A

10 Year Dark Sky Designation Celebration – Switch Off

Brecon Beacons NPA Website

17/02 Brecon BeaconsPontypridd£40Dark Sky Night Aqueduct PaddleOutdoor Explore Wales

17/02

 

CPRE

National

N/A

CPRE Star Count

CPRE Website

18/02

TBC

Pen Llŷn AONB

Cwrt & Porth Meudwy

Free

From Sea to Stars

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru (in association with the National Trust)

18/021730-2130Brecon BeaconsBrecon Beacons Visitor Centre Libanus£20Brecon Beacons Dark Skies Festival Night HikeEventbrite
19/02

1700-1930

Eryri

Cwm Idwal

Free

Stargazing walk at Cwm Idwal

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru

19/021830-2030Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONBColomendy, Loggerheads Beginners Workshop to Deep Space Photography with TelescopesE-mail  ceri.lloyd@denbighshire.gov.uk
21/0217.00-17.45Brecon BeaconsOnlineFreeThe Winter sky at night - Nick Busby

Zoom

Meeting ID: 829 1390 3217

Passcode: 543456

22/02

1400-1500

Pen Llŷn AONB

Nant Gwrtheyrn

Free

Star stories with Fiona Collins

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru

22/02

16-1700

Pen Llŷn AONB

Nant Gwrtheyrn

Free

A talk about Welsh star names with Dark Skies Officer, Dani Robertson

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru

22/02

18-2000

Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB

Colomendy, Loggerheads

£25

SUP under the Stars

Sup Lass Website

22/02

18-2000

Anglesey AONB

Holyhead Breakwater Park

£7.50

Stargazing and stories with Claire Mace

Anglesey Council Website

22/02

1830-2030

Anglesey AONB / RSPB Cymru

RSPB Ynys Lawd

£10

Astrophotography – Introduction and workshop with Hanna Baguley

RSPB Website

23/02

1830-2030

Pen Llŷn AONB

Porth Y Swnt

 Celebrating Darkness
A night of star stories by Gillian Brownson and stargazing with the mobile observatory

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru

24/021730-2030EryriCwm Eigiau Dark Sky Guided Walk

E-mail Dani.robertson@eryri.llyw.cymru

24/021830-1930

Anglesey AONB / RSPB Cymru

South Stack ‘Seabirds in the Spotlight!’ A talk looking at the impact of light pollution on sea birds by Ben PorterRSPB Website

25/02

18-2000

Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB

Colomendy, Loggerheads

£25

SUP under the Stars

Sup Lass Website

25/021830-1945Pembrokeshire CoastCastell Henllys£5The Wonders of the Night Sky - fireside storytelling session in Iron Age roundhousePembrokeshire Coast booking website

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