The Wensleydale Experience

Swinithwaite, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4UH

Enjoy a stargazing break to the Yorkshire Dales Dark Skies Reserve at this fabulous location. Stay in a comfy yurt or book their Temple Folly! By day you can tour their farm and of course by night explore the wonderful dark skies above!

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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Weather forecast

19:00
18/04/24

6° 63%
22:00
18/04/24

6° 40%
01:00
19/04/24

6° 11%
04:00
19/04/24

5° 13%

Weather forecast for Penhill (1.7 miles away) updated 18/04/24 at 16:01.

Local light pollution

The Wensleydale Experience 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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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of The Wensleydale Experience

Best time to visit

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

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.