Enjoy a stargazing break at this fantastic holiday home with a multi-fuel burner, enclosed garden and pub over the road. A great location for exploring the South Lakes, and of course fabulous dark skies!
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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23/05/24
11° 13% -
23/05/24
11° 13% -
24/05/24
11° 18% -
24/05/24
11° 50%
Weather forecast for Dalton-in-furness (3.5 miles away) updated 23/05/24 at 16:00.
Local light pollution
Jackdaw Cottage 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.
Thu 23rd May
Fri 24th May
Sat 25th May
Sun 26th May
Mon 27th May
Tue 28th May
Wed 29th 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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