Dark Skies Festival Ghost Tour at Dunster Castle
Tuesday 28th October 2025 from 18:00pm to 23:00pm
Dunster Castle and Watermill
Dunster, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6NY, South West England
Many of the historic houses that the National Trust look after have their fair share of dark and grisly tales. Dunster Castle is no exception with many reports of ghostly sightings and sensations. Each Ghost Tour will be led by a series of guides who will relay a wealth of haunted tales from the castle’s long and fascinating history, including recent sightings of mysterious apparitions and reports of loud marching footsteps in areas of the castle known to be empty. Get ready to be scared. Who knows what you may find in the dark?
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2025.
Please note that this has already taken place on 28/10/2025
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Exmoor National Park
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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.
Tue 28th Oct
Local light pollution
Dunster Castle and Watermill is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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