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Stargazers of University Parks

University Parks · Oxford

Stargazers of University Parks

Find the darkest corner of University Parks and look up.

  • ⏱ 20 min
  • 💷 £0
  • 🥾 Easy

University Parks closes at dusk most of the year, but right at closing time, the sky over the cricket pavilion is as clear as Oxford gets. Worth the trip on a clear night.

What you’ll do

  1. 1Get to the parks
  2. 2Find open sky
  3. 3Prove it
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