Did you know the Yorkshire Dales National Park is a Dark Skies Reserve? So as well as being stunning in the daylight, it is officially, also amazing in the dark!!! Chapel Gallery is perfectly placed for night-time adventures and star gazing trips – you don’t have to have a telescope or binoculars to enjoy it. On a clear, cold night you can easily see the Milky Way, even galaxies in Orion if you look hard enough!
Did you know the Yorkshire Dales National Park is a Dark Skies Reserve? So as well as being stunning in the daylight, it is officially, also amazing in the dark!!! With the naked eye you can see the Milky Way, with a pair of binoculars you can just about see the moons of Saturn, with a telescope you can see soooooooo much – and this is from the park next door. When there are Aurora events, you can see them too. Go a bit further out of Hawes – up a hill or to 10 mins to Widdale/Raydale/Semerwater, then it is incredible.
The National Park runs some Dark Sky events – the next one is 24th Oct 2025 for a week, with the biggest events from 13th Feb 2026 for a week.
I love looking at the stars, and all the stories of the constellations – give me a cup of tea, my down jacket and a clear night…..I would be very happy!! I get quite excited by it all!!!
