Events are booking up for the annual Exmoor Dark Skies Festival and people are being encouraged to act quickly to avoid disappointment.
The popular printed programme for this year’s Exmoor Dark Skies Festival is available from National Park Centres and information centres all over Greater Exmoor or you can download an e-version from www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/stargazing .
Julie Colman, Rural Enterprise Co-ordinator at Exmoor National Park Authority said “Events take place from Friday 18 October – Sunday 3 November, but we highly recommend booking this month to avoid disappointment. Visitors and residents love looking through the programme which has lots of inspiring images of the dark skies over Exmoor. Bookings have already started for the range of over 50 stargazing events for all ages and abilities.
There’s everything from Ranger-led Dark Skies Walks, a Gin and Stargazing evening, Space Detectives, a children's story writing competition and lots of planetarium sessions at Minehead and South Molton.
We are also delighted to welcome back Professor Roger Davies from Oxford University for an inspirational talk ‘The search for distant worlds: the incredible story of the discovery of planets beyond the Solar System’.
Stargazing events at one of the National Park’s Dark Sky Discovery Hubs at Exford Bridge Tea Rooms and The Poltimore Inn, North Molton as well as our Family Astro Party at Horner Farm which is always a great evening for children and adults alike.
If the skies are clear then the views at this year’s Dark Sky Festival will be amazing but even in the damp and mist, it’s a dramatic, memorable experience”.
Notes for media:
Events are spread all over the National Park and are run by the Exmoor National Park Authority and other businesses and organisations.
For general enquires about the 2024 festival and getting involved contact ruralenterprise@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk.
For booking enquires relating to Exmoor National Park Authority hosted events (please see listings) contact our Exmoor National Park Centre at Lynmouth on 01598 752509 (open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week).
For press enquiries and Dark Sky higher res image requests, contact our media team
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