Badbury Rings Car Park - National Trust

Badbury Rings Car Park - National Trust

Kingston Lacy, Wimbourne, Dorset, BH21 4DZ

The car park for this Iron Age hill fort is an officially recognised Dark Sky Discovery Site in the Cranbourne Chase Dark Sky Reserve.


Badbury Rings Car Park - National Trust is a Dark Sky Discovery Site, an officially recognised place where anyone can stargaze. Most such locations have overnight parking (sometimes with a fee); however, many do not allow overnight camping. There may or may not be toilet facilities.

Weather forecast

  • 04/10/24

    13° 4%
  • 04/10/24

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  • 05/10/24

    12° 4%
  • 05/10/24

    12° 1%

Weather forecast for Wimborne Minster (3.8 miles away) updated 04/10/24 at 04:01.




Events nearby

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  • Cranborne Chase Astronomy Club meeting or observing

    Wednesday 9th October 2024 from 19:15pm to 21:00pm

    Grosvenor Arms Hotel - Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JA (13.8 miles away)

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  • Starquest Astronomy Club meeting and stargazing

    Thursday 10th October 2024 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm

    Sutton Veny Village Hall, Sutton Veny, BA12 7AP (24.3 miles away)

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  • Southampton Astronomical Society meeting

    Thursday 10th October 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm

    Isaac Watts Memorial Church Hall, Southampton, SO16 6TS (28.6 miles away)

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  • Weymouth Astronomy Club meeting

    Friday 11th October 2024 from 19:30pm to 17:00pm

    Aldhelm's Church Centre, Weymouth, DT3 5EW (22.5 miles away)

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  • Solent Amateur Astronomers meeting

    Tuesday 15th October 2024 from 19:30pm to 21:00pm

    Oasis Academy, Southampton, SO16 8FA (27.2 miles away)

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Stay and gaze nearby

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  • Old Harry – Swanage

    Burlington Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1LT, South West England (15.0 miles away)

    Stay & Gaze

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  • DreamAcres – Cranborne Chase

    Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 4LP (15.5 miles away)

    Stay & Gaze

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