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The Cumbria Dark Skies Festival takes place annually in the autumn season with a host of exciting events to celebrate the wonders of the night sky. This year's festival is taking place between 25th October and 24th November 2024.
The winter months are a great time to take advantage of the longer nights, wrap up warm and spend time in the outdoors, getting closer to nature and really appreciating the dark skies above you.
If you are looking for accommodation, then make sure to take a look at our dark sky friendly venues.
Cumbria Dark Skies Festival is a collaboration of partners from the Lake District National Park Partnership including Friends of the Lake District, Cumbria Tourism, Forestry England, Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the Lake District National Park. See the full programme below and make sure to check back here for the updated line up..jpg)
Festival Events
Be part of the Cumbria Dark Skies Festival and Join JAG Outdoors for an evening of adventure, exercise, focus, fun, and wellbeing at Whinlatter.- Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
- Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
- The walk will cover up 5 - 7 miles in the forest and out on to the fell tops just outside the forest bounds, depending on the weather and conditions.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- Our knowledgeable and friendly rangers will guide you on a forest walk followed by an informal session looking at the night sky.
- Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
- Join us for an introduction to the sights, sounds and stories of Grizedale at night.
- Brought to you by the National Trust and Karen Whybrow Coaching, carry out a powerful releasing ritual and let go of all the things that are no longer serving you.
- Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- Join Martin who has a passion for storytelling about the sky we see on a moonlit night, as he leads a night walk through the Brantwood Estate and up to the high point of Crag Head, a recognised Dark Skies environment, to discover the night sky over Coniston Water.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- Join astronomer Stuart Atkinson at 6pm at Cockshott Point on the shore of Windermere to look at the stars, then return to the Burn How Hotel for a talk.
- Swim in Ullswater at night under the Milky Way, with just the glow of your light-up tow float under the stars - with open water swimming specialist, Colin Hill.
- The evening will start with a talk at Arnside WI Hall, followed (weather permitting) by a stargazing session at the Landscape Trust's Coldwell Nature Reserve.
- Join us on a tranquil night-time canoe paddle on Coniston Water and enjoy the beauty and vastness of the night sky in the heart of the Lake District.
- Be part of the Cumbria Dark Skies Festival and Join JAG Outdoors for an evening of adventure, exercise, focus, fun, and wellbeing at Whinlatter.
- Join JAG Outdoors for a walk, covering 3-4 miles of trails, and weather permitting, stopping for some amazing star gazing opportunities.
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