Iping Common

Iping Common

Iping, Near Trotton, West Sussex, GU31

Car parking location for Iping Common, over a hundred hectares of open heathland managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust with good dark skies above.


Iping Common is a Dark Sky Discovery Site, an officially recognised place where anyone can stargaze. Most such locations have overnight parking (sometimes with a fee); however, many do not allow overnight camping. There may or may not be toilet facilities.

Weather forecast

  • 02/05/24

    12° 9%
  • 02/05/24

    11° 11%
  • 03/05/24

    10° 12%
  • 03/05/24

    8%

Weather forecast for Stedham (0.6 miles away) updated 02/05/24 at 12:01.




Events nearby

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  • Toothill Observatory Public Open Evening – May 2024

    Friday 3rd May 2024 from 21:30pm to 23:30pm

    Toothill Observatory, Southampton, SO16 8AL (29.2 miles away)

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  • Worthing Astronomers observing night (location TBC)

    Saturday 4th May 2024 from 19:30pm to 22:30pm

    Clapham & Patching Village Hall, Worthing, BN13 3UT (17.8 miles away)

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  • Toothill Observatory Public Open Evening – May 2024

    Saturday 4th May 2024 from 21:30pm to 23:30pm

    Toothill Observatory, Southampton, SO16 8AL (29.2 miles away)

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  • Practical Astronomy with Basingstoke Astronomical Society

    Thursday 9th May 2024 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

    Cliddesden Primary School, Basingstoke, RG25 2QU (21.2 miles away)

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  • Southampton Astronomical Society meeting

    Thursday 9th May 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm

    Issac Watts Memorial Hall, Southampton, SO16 6TS (27.9 miles away)

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Stay and gaze nearby

Stay at one of these stargazing-friendly accommodation providers.

  • Littleton Farm Campsite

    Upwaltham, Petworth, West Sussex, GU28 0LX (7.6 miles away)

    Stay & Gaze

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  • Foot of the Downs

    Fulking, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9LP (24.8 miles away)

    Stay & Gaze

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