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Location Category: Go Stargazing Site

A place identified by the Go Stargazing team as a good spot to stargaze from. This is based on local light pollution levels, distance from nearby towns and cities and having somewhere safe to park. These locations tend to be remote car parks with no facilities.

Go stargazing site locations

  • Millshield car park and picnic area

    Blanchland , Consett, County Durham, DH8 9PT

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  • Minions Heritage Centre Car Park – Bodmin Moor

    Minions, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 5LL

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  • Morton Castle and Loch

    Thornhill, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, DG3 5EH

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  • Murlough Bay Car Park – County Antrim

    Murlough Road, Ballycastle, County Antrim, BT54 6RG

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  • Nant-y-Moch Reservoir Dam Car Park

    Eisteddfa Gurig, Ponterwyd, Dyfed, SY23 3LE

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  • Nose’s Point Car Park

    East Cliff Road, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7PS

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  • Otford Solar System

    Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5PQ

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  • Ousden Park

    Ousden, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8TP

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  • Painswick Beacon Car Park

    Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 6SU

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  • Penkridge Bank Car Park

    Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UA

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  • Pentire Point Car Park – National Trust

    Polzeath, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6QY

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  • Pentireglaze Car Park – National Trust

    Wadebridge, Polzeath, Cornwall, PL27 6QY

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  • Pilling Embankment

    Fluke Hall Lane, Pilling, Lancashire, PR3 6HP

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  • Pork Hill Car Park – Dartmoor

    Pork Hill, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9JZ

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  • Porlock Common Car Park – Exmoor

    Whitstone Post, Porlock, Somerset, TA24

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  • Porth Nanven Car Park

    Bosorne, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7NR

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  • Quantock Hills Viewpoint Car Park

    Coleridge Way, Crowcombe, Somerset, TA5, South West England

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  • Quantocks Great Wood Picnic Area – Forestry England

    Quantock Hills, Adscombe, Somerset, TA5 1HN, South West England

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  • Red Hill Nature Reserve

    Stenigot, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9UE

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  • Ribblehead Viaduct Car Park

    Far Gearstones, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 3AS

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  • Ribblehead Viaduct Car Park

    Far Gearstones, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 3AS

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  • Ringstead Bay – National Trust

    Ringstead, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8NG

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  • Rivington Road Car Park

    Rivington Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 6SE

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  • Rochester Roundhouse

    Rochester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE19 1RH

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  • Rosedale Car Park

    Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8SE

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  • Roundhill Car Park – Forestry Commission

    Bramshaw, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7HG

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  • Row Tor Car Park – Dartmoor

    Row Tor, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1QR

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  • Ruislip Lido

    Reservoir Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 7TY

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  • Saint Govan’s Chapel Car Park

    St. Govan's Head, Bosherton, Dyfed, SA71 5DR

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  • Saltergate Car Park

    Lockton, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7NR

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