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 | |
17/02 | 1930-2030 | Brecon Beacons | N/A | N/A | 10 Year Dark Sky Designation Celebration – Switch Off | |
| 17/02 | Brecon Beacons | Pontypridd | £40 | Dark Sky Night Aqueduct Paddle | Outdoor Explore Wales | |
17/02 | CPRE | National | N/A | CPRE Star Count | ||
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) |
| 18/02 | 1730-2130 | Brecon Beacons | Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre Libanus | £20 | Brecon Beacons Dark Skies Festival Night Hike | Eventbrite |
| 19/02 | 1700-1930 | Eryri | Cwm Idwal | Free | Stargazing walk at Cwm Idwal | |
| 19/02 | 1830-2030 | Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB | Colomendy, Loggerheads | Beginners Workshop to Deep Space Photography with Telescopes | E-mail ceri.lloyd@denbighshire.gov.uk | |
| 21/02 | 17.00-17.45 | Brecon Beacons | Online | Free | The Winter sky at night - Nick Busby | Meeting ID: 829 1390 3217 Passcode: 543456 |
22/02 | 1400-1500 | Pen Llŷn AONB | Nant Gwrtheyrn | Free | Star stories with Fiona Collins | |
22/02 | 16-1700 | Pen Llŷn AONB | Nant Gwrtheyrn | Free | A talk about Welsh star names with Dark Skies Officer, Dani Robertson | |
22/02 | 18-2000 | Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB | Colomendy, Loggerheads | £25 | SUP under the Stars | |
22/02 | 18-2000 | Anglesey AONB | Holyhead Breakwater Park | £7.50 | Stargazing and stories with Claire Mace | |
22/02 | 1830-2030 | Anglesey AONB / RSPB Cymru | RSPB Ynys Lawd | £10 | Astrophotography – Introduction and workshop with Hanna Baguley | |
| 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 | ||
| 24/02 | 1730-2030 | Eryri | Cwm Eigiau | Dark Sky Guided Walk | ||
| 24/02 | 1830-1930 | Anglesey AONB / RSPB Cymru | South Stack | ‘Seabirds in the Spotlight!’ A talk looking at the impact of light pollution on sea birds by Ben Porter | RSPB Website | |
25/02 | 18-2000 | Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB | Colomendy, Loggerheads | £25 | SUP under the Stars | |
| 25/02 | 1830-1945 | Pembrokeshire Coast | Castell Henllys | £5 | The Wonders of the Night Sky - fireside storytelling session in Iron Age roundhouse | Pembrokeshire Coast booking website |
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