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Plans for small observatory in forest approved

Dan Hunt
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Google Forestry England buildings at Grizedale. It is a large construction of primarily two-stores and surrounding a courtyard. One of the buildings appears to be a converted stable block with central arch. A country lane snakes into the distance with mature trees at the side. In the background a large hill riases, covered in forest.Google
Forestry England at Grizedale applied for permission to build a small observatory for dark skies events

Plans for a small timber observatory in a national park have been approved.

Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) has given permission to Forestry England to build a observatory with a retractable roof at Grizedale Forest.

It will part of the body's existing education centre in the woods.

It will house a telescope and be used for dark skies astronomy events, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).

The observatory will be a small wooden structure based at an existing facility in The Yan.

It will provide shelter and indoor seating for visitors.

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