Night-time Navigation in Northumberland Dark Sky Park
Saturday 20th January 2024 from 16:00pm to 18:00pm
Walltown Country Park
Walltown Quarry, Greenhead, Cumbria, CA8 7HF
Northumberland National Park is an amazing place to walk. Our popular ‘Introduction to Navigation’ training courses have helped people to develop the basic skills and confidence to go out and explore more on foot!
The need to navigate in poor visibility might, however, occur when you least expect it – or perhaps you are planning to explore Northumberland’s Dark Sky Park on a night-time walk.
Please note that this has already taken place on 20/01/2024
Event organiser
Northumberland National Park is organising this event
Please contact Northumberland National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: Northumberland National Park
Twitter: @NlandNP
Facebook: Northumberland National Park
Event booking
For full details on how to attend this event, including how to book, please see the event's official website.
Visit event websiteEvent darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. 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.
Sat 20th Jan
Local light pollution
Walltown Country Park 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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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Forthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Walltown Country Park. View these events on our calendar, add them to your calendar or Google Calendar.
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