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Coast and Camplight

Coast and Camplight

Low Rigg Farm, Stainsacre, North Yorkshire, YO22 4LP

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Coast and Camplight provides luxury off-grid escapes in the beautiful North York Moors National Park. Although we are only about 3 miles from Whitby our camps are located in a peaceful dip away from the lights of the coast. Our camps are spread out from each other, ensuring peace and tranquillity, the only neighbours you’re likely to see are our resident barn owls. Each camp has a safari tent which sleeps up to four, with comfy beds, sofas, log burner and your own off-grid hot showers and composting loo. Outside there is a firepit to warm yourself and cook over as you enjoy the starry night skies.

Stay & Gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks.

Weather forecast

  • 24/06/26

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  • 24/06/26

    21° 0%

  • 24/06/26

    21° 0%

  • 25/06/26

    17° 3%

Weather forecast for Whitby (3.1 miles away) updated 24/06/26 at 12:01. Powered by Met Office data.

Local light pollution

Coast and Camplight is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.

The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.

Light pollution map of Coast and Camplight

Best time to visit

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.

Moon phase on Wed 24th Jun

Wed 24th Jun

Waxing Gibbous
70 % illuminated
Dark from 00:14 to 00:29
Dark for 0h 15m
Moon phase on Thu 25th Jun

Thu 25th Jun

Waxing Gibbous
79 % illuminated
Dark from 00:29 to 00:32
Dark for 0h 3m
Moon phase on Fri 26th Jun

Fri 26th Jun

Waxing Gibbous
86 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Moon phase on Sat 27th Jun

Sat 27th Jun

Waxing Gibbous
92 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Moon phase on Sun 28th Jun

Sun 28th Jun

Full Moon
96 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Moon phase on Mon 29th Jun

Mon 29th Jun

Full Moon
99 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS
Moon phase on Tue 30th Jun

Tue 30th Jun

Full Moon
100 % illuminated
NO DARKNESS

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If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!

Calendar

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