A wonderful house in glorious surroundings located on the edge of the village of Challacombe. With magnificent views from each window and plenty of peace and quiet this venue makes for an ideal escape. Along with the noise of farm livestock and a plethora of birds, there is also the fabulous dark skies to explore 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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18/08/22
17° 60% -
18/08/22
17° 91% -
19/08/22
15° 24% -
19/08/22
14° 5%
Weather forecast for Pinkery Centre (2.0 miles away) updated 18/08/22 at 20:00.
Local light pollution
Shoulsbarrow Farm is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on 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 18th Aug
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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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