Killhope Lead Mining Museum
Coswhill, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 1AR, North East
Award winning 19th century mining museum set at the very heart of the North Pennines Area of Natural Beauty. The location benefits from superb dark skies with very little light pollution and thus is a frequent venue for stargazing events often organised in conjunction with Sunderland Astronomical Society.
Weather forecast
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27/04/24
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27/04/24
0° 7% -
28/04/24
0° 10% -
28/04/24
0° 17%
Weather forecast for Burnhope Seat (4.2 miles away) updated 27/04/24 at 04:00.
Local light pollution
Killhope Lead Mining Museum is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site 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.
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