Location description
The Oval is a historic holiday cottage located in the heart of the beautifully-preserved village of Dunster and within Exmoor’s internationally acclaimed Dark Sky Reserve. Guests are provided with information on stargazing and specialist breaks and is perfect for families and groups. For more details on this property and three more fantastic cottages in Minehead visit https://www.exmoorcharactercottages.co.uk/.
Stay & gaze
This location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks.
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Location light pollution
This location is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a semi-rural setting based on satellite data from CPRE.
When to stargaze at The Oval - Exmoor Character Cottages
This location's semi-rural setting means it benefits from dark skies depending on the time of the year and lunar cycle. In the calendar below where you can see stars indicates when the skies will be dark and the best time to stargaze. Yellow areas show the adverse effects of daylight (bold) and moonlight (faded). Hover over a day to see darkness times or click on a date for more information.
Stargazing events at this location
There are no known forthcoming events at this location. Previously there have been 1 event which was on 16th October 2020 organised by Exmoor National Park.