Dark Skies Festival Family Drop-in
Saturday 17th February 2024 from 14:00pm to 16:00pm
Bentham Golf Club
Robin Lane, Bentham, Lancashire, LA2 7AG
Head to the Clubhouse at Bentham Golf Course to enjoy a drop-in dark skies session for families, where a variety of free colouring sheets and activities will be available to help children appreciate the dark skies around us.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. The Café Bar will be open to buy hot and cold drinks and snacks. (The Clubhouse is wheelchair accessible.)
No need to book, but for further information please contact Bentham Golf Course on 015242 62455.
This event is part of the Forest of Bowland Dark Skies Festival 2024.
Please note that this has already taken place on 17/02/2024
Event organiser
Forest of Bowland National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact Forest of Bowland National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Forest of Bowland National Landscape
Twitter: @forestofbowland
Facebook: Forest of Bowland 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.
Sat 17th Feb
Local light pollution
Bentham Golf Club is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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