Stargazing at Wanstead Fringe
Saturday 6th September 2025 from 20:00pm to 23:00pm
Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club
Overton Drive, Wanstead, London, E11 2LW, London
Using telescopes view the moon, planets and stars guided by local amateur astronomers. Learn your way around the sky at night! This is FREE event!
Telescope viewing will start at 8pm both nights on the green at Wanstead Cricket Club (Overton Drive, E11 2LW)
NB. The ground to the telescopes can be dark and uneven, so please wear appropriate footwear, use the cricket club’s allocated routes to get to the green and bring torches.
Children must be supervised at all times
Event organiser
North East London Astronomical Society is organising this event
Please contact North East London Astronomical Society directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: North East London Astronomical Society
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 6th Sep
Local light pollution
Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a suburban 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 Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club
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