North Pennines Stargazing Festival - Pies and Skies
Saturday 1st November 2025 from 19:00pm to 22:00pm
The Hive at Nenthead
Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3PF
Join Richard Darn at the Hive for this mash-up event, combining a pie and peas supper and a fascinating talk on dark skies in the North Pennines – and why you should love them.
Did you know the North Pennines has one of the nation’s darkest skies? Richard will take you on a fabulous journey looking at why that is so important for wildlife and what it means for the view overhead. How easy is the Milky Way to see from here? What about the Northern Lights and how far can we see into the Universe from our beautiful vantage point here on Earth? All these questions will be answered together with tips on how to keep the North Pennines a stargazing wonderland.
Event organiser
North Pennines National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact North Pennines National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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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 1st Nov
Local light pollution
The Hive at Nenthead is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a 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
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