Carraw Bed and Breakfast is one of the finest luxury Northumberland Guest Houses, situated on the foundations of Hadrian’s Wall, with a sublime hilltop setting overlooking the countryside. Located within the boundaries of the Northumberland International Dark Sky Park it is a perfect location to explore the fabulous dark skies above.
Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks. If you visit and find that the location is not dark sky friendly please let us know!
Weather forecast
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05/12/21
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06/12/21
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Weather forecast for Wark (3.8 miles away) updated 05/12/21 at 04:00.
Local light pollution
Carraw Bed and Breakfast is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to arural rural location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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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.
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If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
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