Dark Skies Festival activities at Kings John Nursery
Monday 27th October 2025 from 18:00pm to 20:30pm
King John's Nursery
Sheepstreet Lane, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7AZ, South East England
Fun for all the family; enjoy an evening of activities including dark skies stories, workshops, craft activities for the children. Meet the owls and learn all about bats and the stars!
Please book your free tickets via Eventbrite.
This event takes place as part of the Wild About Dark Skies Festival 2025, organised by the High Weald National Landscape.
Event organiser
High Weald National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact High Weald National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: High Weald National Landscape
Twitter: @highweald
Facebook: High Weald National Landscape
Event booking
Event 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.
Mon 27th Oct
Local light pollution
King John's Nursery is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a dark site 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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