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The best place to stargaze in England

St Marys Island from Old Hartley, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, 27th October 2006.

Fact

The English county of Northumberland has Europe's largest area of protected night sky - The Northumberland International Dark Sky Park, which is 572 sq miles in size. With such low levels of light pollution it is officially the best place to stargaze in England, on a clear night allowing you to see 2,000 night time objects at any one time, including the Andromeda galaxy, which is over 2.5 million light years from earth.

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Fact by: poe Image by: ©Geoff Mcdonough

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