{"id":720423,"date":"2026-07-31T06:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720423\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:29:08","slug":"where-to-see-the-biggest-solar-eclipse-since-1999-in-the-west-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720423\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999 in the West Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Astronomers recommend elevated locations with unobstructed views to the west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bristol<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Downs Sea Walls Viewpoint, Clifton with Bristol astronomers, Victoria Park and Brandon Hill and Cabot Tower. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wales<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cardiff, Gower Peninsula, Swansea, and Rest Bay Beach, Porthcawl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wiltshire<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Warminster Town Park with Starquest Astronomy Club, Cley Hill, Avebury Stone Circle and Barbury Castle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gloucestershire<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham, Robinswood Hill, Gloucester and Chosen Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Somerset<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wells Cathedral Green with the Wells &amp; Mendip Astronomers, Beckford Tower with the Bath Astronomers and Little Solsbury Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Devon <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Exmoor National Park, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth and The Poltimore Inn, North Molton, with the Space Detectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">South West and Cornwall<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lowery Cross Car Park, Plymouth with Plymouth Astonomical Society, Penzance and Sennen, near Lands End.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Isles of Scilly <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Mary&#8217;s Island, from Hugh Town, West facing beaches and Community Observatory, St Martins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astronomers recommend elevated locations with unobstructed views to the west. Bristol The Downs Sea Walls Viewpoint, Clifton with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-720423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}