John D. Tanner

A few places spring to mind

Clent (the Kidderminster side)
Blakedown
Worcester (towards Malvern)
Malvern (the hills)
Hallow (and out towards Hereford)
Bewdley
Bromyard
Wast Hills (Birmingham Uni have their Observatory here...although you need
to go when the sports ground isn't in use).

All these are within an hour of Birmingham. Email me if you want any more
details :-)



"#MK" <sorry@dontsendmail.nomail> wrote in message
news:MPG.19737de438882f2298968e@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> Hi!
> Is anyone aware of any "dark sky" sites near Birmingham. By dark sky, I
> mean areas where quite a few constellations can be seen by the naked eye,
>
> and maybe with some Milky Way peeking through [not sure how much light
> pollution there is in West Midlands... dunno, if the Milky Way can be
> seen
> in this area!]?
> This summer, I would like to go out somewhere away from the inner city of
>
> Birmingham [Who the hell puts 6 street lights on a small Cul-de-sac? I
> can
> see license plates on car at midnight!] where I can actually see
> constellations, as I would like to be able to recognise 'em [have got
> star
> maps, and planispheres] so that I can use a binoculars [and in the
> future,
> mebbe a telescope...] to get to stuff with ease in the inner city [as I
> can
> see so many stars through my binos, I need guidance by knowing the
> constellations].
>
> Anyhow, does anyone have any information regarding possible sites [public
>
> property, of course?] where one can see quite a bit of the night sky away
>
> from city lights, near Birmingham, UK?
>
> Much thanks for any information.
>
>

#MK

Thanks for the suggestion, folks!