Head Fen Country Retreat is a beautiful and picturesque tranquil camping and luxury lodge holiday site set in the heart of the Cambridgeshire fens.
The location has limited light levels around the site, making it the perfect spot to view the night sky.
Whether you want to stay a night, a weekend or a whole week there’s lots of accommodation to suit your need.
In addition, the venue can tailor specific options for astronomy groups or clubs if you contact them.
Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks.
Weather forecast
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28/11/23
3° 4% -
28/11/23
3° 33% -
29/11/23
3° 7% -
29/11/23
1° 4%
Weather forecast for Littleport (3.4 miles away) updated 28/11/23 at 04:00.
Local light pollution
Head Fen Country Retreat 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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Urban
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Suburban
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Semi-rural
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Rural
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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.
Tue 28th Nov
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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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