‘Dark Skies’ are intensifying and Buckden, Upper Wharfedale, has been designated as one of only four locations in the National Park as a “Milky Way” site! The premier ‘darkness’ rating. We have placed ‘spotterscopes’ in the Dalegarth cottages and binoculars at Heron Ghyll for your enjoyment of the night sky – and the wildlife in the garden.

‘For further information, enter “Star Gazing” in the search box of www.yorkshiredales.org.uk.