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 the first ever Welsh Dark Skies Week! - (February 19th-27th, 2022)
We are proud to be working together with the whole protected landscape family in Wales to bring to you a week of online and in person 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 | Event | Lead Area |
Sat 19th | 18:30-19:30 | Clwydian Range | |
Sun 20th | 18:30-19:30 | Clwydian Range | |
Mon 21st | 18:30-19:30 | Exploring Astronomy and Space through Philately – Katrin Raynor Evans | Wye Valley |
Tues 22nd | 18:30-19:30 | Brecon Beacons | |
Weds 23rd | 18:30-19:30 | Gower | |
Thurs 24th | 18:00-19:30 | Archaeology and Astrophotography in Pembrokeshire’s Dark Sky Discovery Sites | Pembrokeshire Coast |
Fri 25th | 18:30-19:30 | Eryri | |
Sat 26th | TBC | Ynys Môn | |
Sun 27th | 18:30-19:30 | Pen Llŷn |
Do you want to win an interactive globe of Mars for your school?
As part of the Wales Dark Skies Week we're inviting primary school pupils from across Wales to build a model of one of the planets or our solar system!
Once you have completed your model, please send a picture to cyfathrebu@eryri.llyw.cymru with your name and the primary school you attend and you will be in with a chance of winning this fantastic Mars interactive globe and educational package for your primary school!
Terms and Conditions
- This competition is being run by the Snowdonia National Park Authority.
- No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win.
- This competition is open to primary school pupils in Wales only.
- Employees of Snowdonia National Park Authority are not eligible to win.
- The winner will receive a Playshifu globe of Mars for their school, it may not be exchanged for cash.
- The closing date for this competition will be 12:00 pm on the 23rd of February, 2022 and the winner will be announced on Monday the 28th of February 2022.
- This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any social media platform.
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