Whitelee Moor

England's emptiest national park — big skies, Hadrian's Wall and gold-tier dark skies.

adjoining

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

4.5 km E · spans 8 counties

An 18th-century ducal hunting lodge at the head of the forest, now a visitor centre and gateway to the trails.

10 km SW

A timber observatory on a hillside above Kielder, hosting stargazing events in one of Europe's largest dark-sky parks.

11.4 km SW

James Turrell's hilltop chamber on the art and architecture trail, framing a perfect circle of changing sky.

11.6 km SW

Towering red-stone Border abbey ruin.

14.4 km N