Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2024

This year we are once again taking part in the brilliant Exmoor Dark Skies Festival hosted by Exmoor National Park, with over 60 events taking place between Friday 18th October and Sunday 4th November across the moor.
Dark skies at Lorna Doone is now closed
The below information is for Dark Skies 2024. We hope you enjoyed all that we had on offer. Please check back here closer to Dark Skies 2024 when you will see updates for all the exciting plans we have in store.
This year during the festival you can:
- Sit down beside the fire under the stars for fireside storytelling. Listen to enchanting and magical stories told under the stars. 26th October 5:30pm for more information and bookings click here
- Head out on a night walk with the rangers, and their night vision cameras, in the Lorna Doone Valley. 30th October, at 5pm and 6:30pm, more information and booking click here
- Go on a cosmic adventure around Lorna Doone Valley with a free family constellation trail between 20th October and 4th November. With ten stations of games, activities and crafts exploring the stories behind the constellations.
Spaces for these events tend to fill up quickly, so to avoid any disappointment we recommend booking early.

Visiting the area for the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival?
Why not escape into nature with a short getaway to Cloud Farm Campsite. Stay in one of our camping pods, offering a perfect blend of tranquillity and indoor comforts, pitch in one of our picturesque riverside camping pitches or make use of one of our electric hook-ups or campervan spaces. Nestled in the heart of Exmoor, the campsite has stunning views of the Lorna Doone Valley and is in the heart of the Dark skies .
For more information or for other places withing the Dark skies resrve to stay, follow the links below.

Cloud Farm Campsite
A laid-back, riverside campsite on Exmoor, surrounded by walks in the Lorna Doone Valley.

Cloud Farmhouse
A newly-converted farmhouse with valley views from the first-floor living space.

Exmoor Bunkhouse
Set on the fringes of Exmoor, you’ll have miles of coastal hikes and moorland adventures on your doorstep.

Heron View
A three-bedroom apartment in a pretty village on Exmoor, with a shallow river on the doorstep.

Kingfisher View
Have a mini getaway break in this sweet apartment located in the heart of picturesque North Devon.

Riverside Cottage
Explore the wilds of Exmoor from this cosy cottage in the heart of Lorna Doone country.