Get Ready for a Sparkling February Half Term!

6th January 2023

Join us from 11th-19th February as we raise our gaze skywards to celebrate the beauty of Bowland after dark.

Milky Way by Robert Ince

This year's Dark Skies Festival not only offers a helping hand to navigate the stars, it's also the perfect chance to indulge your creativity, delve into the history book of local astronomy, fine-tune your astrophotography skills and enjoy some family time round the campfire once the sun has dipped.

You can find a round-up of the fun below, with full details - including booking information - available on the Festival Bowland calendar at: https://www.forestofbowland.com/Festival-Bowland-Events

Saturday 11th, 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Stargazing (FULLY BOOKED)

Downham

£5 per person

Moon by Matthew Greenhalgh

Sunday 12th, 7pm – 8pm  

Planet Watch

Online

Free

Monday 13th, 7pm – 8pm 

The Preston Observatory

Online

Free

Image by Rob Foster

Tuesday 14th, 6pm – 6.30pm

Family Storytelling

Online

Free

Wednesday 15th, 7pm – 8pm

Jupiter by Robert Ince

An Introduction to Smartphone Night Sky Photography

Online

Free

Thursday 16th, 7pm - 9pm (approx)

Skies and Pies (POSTPONED)

Barley

£10 per person (including supper)

Saturday 18th, 1pm – 3.30pm 

Night & Dark Glass (FULLY BOOKED. RESERVE LIST AVAILABLE.)

Clapham

£15 per person

Sunday 19th, 3.30pm – 6pm

Campfire & Lanterns (FULLY BOOKED)

Dunsop Bridge

£5 per child (accompanying adults free)



Bowland Dark Skies Festival 2024

- 21st December 2023

Traditional Boundaries Training

- 21st November 2023

All-Terrain Wheelchair Demo Day

- 20th September 2023

Tramper Taster Day

- 22nd August 2023

Pendle Peat & Pie Challenge

- 26th April 2023

New Bowland Visitor Guide

- 20th February 2023

The Festival Continues!

- 10th October 2022

Hay Time Gets Creative!

- 3rd August 2022

REBELLION IN THE FOREST

- 20th July 2022

Langden Intake Gravel

- 1st July 2022

Meadow Art Workshops

- 23rd May 2022

Discovering Wonderful Waxcaps

- 9th September 2021

Tramper Taster Day

- 8th September 2021

Visiting Bowland

- 14th June 2021

Name that Bee!

- 13th April 2021

Meadow Makers Project

- 8th April 2021

Festival Bowland 2021 is here!

- 6th January 2021

COVID-19 Update

- 5th January 2021

Covid-19 Update

- 31st December 2020

Green Recovery Challenge Fund

- 10th December 2020

Bringing Home the Turf

- 7th December 2020

Let's Support Local This Christmas

- 26th November 2020

Photo Competition Winners

- 18th November 2020

COVID-19 Update 05.11.2020

- 5th November 2020

Best of Bowland Photo Competition

- 12th October 2020

New Discover Bowland website

- 29th September 2020

Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoety

- 26th August 2020

Festival Events Go Virtual

- 10th August 2020

Days to Remember

- 31st July 2020

Coronavirus Update

- 6th June 2020

COVID-19 Update

- 20th March 2020

Hay Time Rescue - Project Summary

- 11th February 2020

Bowland Dark Skies Festival

- 6th January 2020

What is Bowland Without its Trees?

- 3rd September 2019

Postcards for Kindness

- 4th July 2019

Meadows to Morris Dancing

- 10th June 2019

Tramper Taster Day

- 15th May 2019

Half a Kilometre of Hedge

- 24th January 2019

Wildflower meadow rescue mission

- 17th October 2018

Traditional Boundaries Training

- 20th September 2018

National Landscape Family's Week

- 13th September 2018

Bowland Heads Back to the Stone Age

- 12th September 2018

Bowland by Night

- 3rd September 2018

Meadow Magic

- 18th June 2018

June is Blooming!

- 15th May 2018

Bowland Wader Project Newsletter

- 22nd February 2018

Outstanding Week 2017

- 5th September 2017

Festival Bowland Fun in Autumn

- 22nd August 2017

Summer in Bowland

- 26th June 2017

Winter Hedge Laying Workshops

- 29th November 2016