![Bedford Purlieus Woods Car Park](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/location-hero.jpg)
Bedford Purlieus Woods Car Park
Old Leicester Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6NN
Escape the bright lights of Peterborough and Stamford and spend an evening stargazing at this forest car park… There are good views towards the Sout, West and most importantly above; however, the Eastern horizon is behind trees.
Weather forecast
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02/05/24
16° 4% -
02/05/24
11° 1% -
03/05/24
10° 4% -
03/05/24
9° 7%
Weather forecast for Wittering (1.3 miles away) updated 02/05/24 at 20:01.
Local light pollution
Bedford Purlieus Woods Car Park 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.
Best time to visit
The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.
![Moon phase on Thu 2nd May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_44.jpg)
Thu 2nd May
![Moon phase on Fri 3rd May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_33.jpg)
Fri 3rd May
![Moon phase on Sat 4th May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_23.jpg)
Sat 4th May
![Moon phase on Sun 5th May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_14.jpg)
Sun 5th May
![Moon phase on Mon 6th May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_6.jpg)
Mon 6th May
![Moon phase on Tue 7th May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_2.jpg)
Tue 7th May
![Moon phase on Wed 8th May](https://gostargazing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/gostargazing2021/img/moon/wan/luna_visible_0.jpg)
Wed 8th May
Find more dates
If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
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