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North York Moors Dark Skies Festival 10th anniversary 14 February - 02 March 2025
Since 2016's inaugural event, the North Yorkshire collaboration has become an unmissable fixture in the calendar, with the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities celebrating the jewels of the night sky.
We'll be celebrating our tenth Dark Skies Festival in 2025. Every year it's a pleasure to showcase just how special our dark skies are and welcome back annual favourites, and during 2025 we're extremely excited to be celebrating 10 years of this incredible festival.
Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE will launch our 10th Festival with a special talk ‘Reaching for the Stars – an exploration of the night sky’ at Sneaton Castle in Whitby on 13 February.
Discover activities at night to heighten the senses such as night runs, canoeing and night navigation, astrophotography workshops, stargazing safaris, children's daytime trails, art workshops and mindful experiences.
