UV Fungi Walk at Danby Lodge National Park Centre
Saturday 24th October 2026 from 16:30pm to 19:45pm
Danby Lodge National Park Centre
Lodge Lane, Danby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2NB
Join Lucy from Wild Roots Foraging for a fascinating evening exploring the hidden world of biofluorescence in nature. Beginning with a wild-spiced mushroom hot chocolate, take a walk through Crow Wood discovering edible and medicinal plants and fungi as daylight fades. Once darkness falls, UV torches will reveal an otherwise unseen world as you search for biofluorescent fungi, plants, mosses, lichens and insects glowing beneath ultraviolet light.
This event takes place as part of the North York Moors Dark Skies Fringe Festival 2026.
Event organiser
North York Moors National Park is organising this event
Please contact North York Moors National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
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Event booking
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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 24th Oct
Local light pollution
Danby Lodge National Park Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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