Family twilight event and stargazing
Tuesday 28th October 2025 from 17:00pm to 19:30pm
Gibraltar Point Visitor Centre
Gibraltar Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4SU, East Midlands
Enjoy our interactive, outdoor trail through the woods as the reserve goes dark. As you explore there will be challenges for your family to complete and you’ll have the chance to try out the bat detectors and UV lights to see what extra wildlife you can spot.
When at the Coastguard Station get hands-on dissecting owl pellets to find out what they’ve been eating, followed by a relaxing hot chocolate as you watch the stars. Weather permitting, we will finish the evening with a walk through the saltmarsh, looking for crabs and doing a bit of stargazing.
This event is suitable for children aged 6-11 and booking is essential as places are limited. Maximum of 2 adults per child. Parking is available, normal parking fees apply.
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.
Tue 28th Oct
Local light pollution
Gibraltar Point Visitor Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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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