Ambleside and Grasmere Big Switch Off 2025
Thursday 28th March 2024 from 19:00pm to 23:00pm
Ambleside Parish Centre
Vicarage Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9DH, North West England
The Big Switch Off – An evening to highlight the stars and raise awareness about saving electricity.
This year our Big Switch Off is taking place in the Lake Road area, Keswick Thursday 8th February and in Ambleside and Grasmere on Friday 9th February.
The Big Switch Off begins from 7pm onwards, and we’re encouraging as many residents and businesses in Keswick, Ambleside and Grasmere as we can to join in and turn off their lights overnight to see what a difference it makes to our view of the stars.
Please note that this has already taken place on 28/03/2024
Event organiser
Friends of the Lake District is organising this event
Please contact Friends of the Lake District directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Friends of the Lake District
Twitter: @FriendsofLakes
Facebook: Friends of the Lake District
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Thu 28th Mar
Local light pollution
Ambleside Parish Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
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