{"id":733869,"date":"2026-08-10T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733869\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:22:09","slug":"best-places-to-see-partial-solar-eclipse-across-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733869\/","title":{"rendered":"Best places to see partial solar eclipse across England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People across England have a rare chance to experience a dramatic partial solar eclipse this week, when the Sun will be almost entirely blocked by the Moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Moon will cover 90 to 96 per cent of the Sun on 12 August &#8211; the biggest coverage since the total eclipse in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There will be dozens of celestial events to mark the occasion across the country and ideal spots where people should be able to watch the moment safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People in the South West of England are likely to see the most coverage in England, while people in parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain will experience a total eclipse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The celestial event will last about one hour and 50 minutes, starting at about 18:20 BST and finishing by 20:10, but exact times will vary depending on where you are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">You can follow the links below for the latest on where &#8211; and how &#8211; to experience the eclipse in different areas of England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People across England have a rare chance to experience a dramatic partial solar eclipse this week, when the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-gb","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733869","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=733869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}