Aurora Borealis in England

The next 30 nights in England

Every night to come, scored the same way as tonight. The best of the open week is Sunday 2 Aug at 4%. Not one of the seven reaches the Kp 7 that England needs, which is normal rather than unlucky — it averages 2.7 viable nights a year. The 23 nights past the seven-day window move with the 27-day solar rotation and are updated daily in the app.

Quiet geomagnetic conditions ahead. No significant aurora activity expected this month.

Nights 8–30 unlock in the Revon app

See all 30 nights for England

Revon aurora model over the NOAA Kp forecast and 27-day outlook

How often the aurora borealis reaches England

2.7 nights a year, averaged across 10.0 years of records

NOAA planetary Kp, 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30

Hours of true darkness, month by month

Solar declination and hour angle at −18°

Nothing to see from June to July

Through those months the sun never falls more than 18° below the England horizon, so the sky never darkens fully. Plan around the darker half of the year.

Getting clear of the light

With 51,035,154 people around you, the sky over central England is Bortle 7. The glow hides anything but the brightest display, so the drive out matters more here than the forecast does.

• 64 km north-east — around South Kesteven → Bortle 5
• 106 km east-north-east — around King's Lynn and West Norfolk → Bortle 4

Falchi 2016 World Atlas (DOI: 10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001)

The months that actually deliver

Counting only nights that were both stormy enough and dark enough, September, August and November came out ahead in England. That is storm season and darkness overlapping — the equinoxes tend to be geomagnetically active, and the nights are already long by then.

Darkest nights of the coming year

A bright moon washes out a weak display as effectively as street lighting. These new moons fall inside the England viewing season.

• 13 Aug 2026
• 11 Sep 2026
• 11 Oct 2026
• 09 Nov 2026
• 09 Dec 2026
• 07 Jan 2027
• 06 Feb 2027

Where it is close to a certainty

If you would rather plan a trip than wait for a storm, the nearest place with genuinely frequent aurora is Inverness, 603 km north-north-west in United Kingdom.

See the Inverness forecast

Confirmed reports from this area

94 verified sightings were logged within 300 km of England between 2015-01-01 and 2016-12-31. Rare is not the same as impossible.

Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

Where the horizon opens up near England

The display sits low on the northern horizon, so what beats a better forecast is open ground facing that way. Height gets you above the town glow; water gives you an unbroken skyline. These are within a short drive of England.

• Honey Hill — hill8.9 km east-north-east
• Magna Park — park13.9 km north-north-west
• Naseby Hill — hill14.5 km east-north-east
• Foxton Locks — park21.7 km north-east
• The Islands — island25.6 km north-north-east
• Lake — lake27.8 km west

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

What to do with the daylight

Aurora watching is a night job, and in winter that leaves a short, bright day to fill. Close to England you will find VLF transmitter Rugby, Mast 6, VLF transmitter Rugby, Mast 7 and VLF transmitter Rugby, Mast 5.

Keep the daylight loose: the sky decides the evening, and the forecast can turn within a few hours.

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

Where to stay

Staying central in England is fine for everything except the aurora itself — you will still need to drive out. If seeing it matters more than convenience, base yourself on the edge of town facing your dark spot.

• Ibis Rugby 1.5 km from the centre
• Holiday Inn Rugby - Northampton 1.9 km from the centre
• Holiday Inn Rugby - Northampton M1 Jct 18 1.9 km from the centre
• Holiday Inn Rugby Northampton M11 Jct 18 1.9 km from the centre
• Three Horse Shoes 6.7 km from the centre
• Kilworth House Hotel 8.8 km from the centre

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — confirm before booking

The last nights it was visible here

Nights in the last decade when the storm was strong enough for England and the sky was dark enough to show it.

NOAA planetary Kp

Aurora forecasts across England

All 669 places in England with a forecast page, and the Kp each one needs.

• AbingdonKp 7
• AccringtonKp 7
• Acocks GreenKp 7
• ActonKp 7
• Adwick le StreetKp 7
• AldershotKp 7
• AldridgeKp 7
• AlfretonKp 7
• AllertonKp 7
• AltonKp 7
• AltrinchamKp 7
• AmershamKp 7
• Amersham on the HillKp 7
• AmpthillKp 7
• AndoverKp 7
• ArchwayKp 7
• ArnoldKp 7
• AscotKp 7
• AshfordKp 7
• AshingtonKp 7
• Ashton in MakerfieldKp 7
• Ashton-under-LyneKp 7
• AstonKp 7
• AthertonKp 7
• AylesburyKp 7
• BaildonKp 7
• BanburyKp 7
• BansteadKp 7
• BarkingKp 7
• BarnesKp 7
• BarnetKp 7
• BarnsleyKp 7
• BarnstapleKp 7
• Barrow in FurnessKp 7
• Bartley GreenKp 7
• BasfordKp 7
• BasildonKp 7
• BasingstokeKp 7
• BathKp 7
• BatleyKp 7
• BatterseaKp 7
• BayswaterKp 7
• BebingtonKp 7
• BeckenhamKp 7
• BecontreeKp 7
• BedfordKp 7
• BedlingtonKp 7
• BedworthKp 7
• Belle ValeKp 7
• BelperKp 7
• BentleyKp 7
• BerkhamstedKp 7
• Bethnal GreenKp 7
• BeverleyKp 7
• BexleyKp 7
• BicesterKp 7
• BiddulphKp 7
• BidefordKp 7
• BiggleswadeKp 7
• BillericayKp 7
• BillinghamKp 7
• BingleyKp 7
• BirkenheadKp 7
• BirminghamKp 7
• Bishop AucklandKp 7
• Bishops StortfordKp 7
• BishopstokeKp 7
• BlackburnKp 7
• BlackheathKp 7
• BlackpoolKp 7
• BlackwallKp 7
• BletchleyKp 7
• BloxwichKp 7
• BlythKp 7
• BoltonKp 7
• BootleKp 7
• BordonKp 7
• BorehamwoodKp 7
• BostonKp 7
• BowKp 7
• BowthorpeKp 7
• BracknellKp 7
• BradfordKp 7
• BraintreeKp 7
• BramhallKp 7
• BraunstoneKp 7
• BredburyKp 7
• BrentKp 7
• BrentwoodKp 7
• BridgwaterKp 7
• BridlingtonKp 7
• Brierley HillKp 7
• BrighouseKp 7
• BristolKp 7
• BrixtonKp 7
• BrockleyKp 7
• BromsgroveKp 7
• BroughKp 7
• BrownhillsKp 7
• BurngreaveKp 7
• Burnham-on-SeaKp 7
• BurnleyKp 7
• BurntwoodKp 7
• Burton upon TrentKp 7
• BuryKp 7
• Bury St EdmundsKp 7
• BusheyKp 7
• BuxtonKp 7
• CalneKp 7
• CamberleyKp 7
• CambridgeKp 7
• Camden TownKp 7
• Canary WharfKp 7
• Canning TownKp 7
• CannockKp 7
• Canvey IslandKp 7
• CarlisleKp 7
• CarshaltonKp 7
• CartertonKp 7
• CastlefordKp 7
• CaterhamKp 7
• CatfordKp 7
• ChaddertonKp 7
• Chalfont Saint PeterKp 7
• Chalk FarmKp 7
• Chapel AllertonKp 7
• ChapeltownKp 7
• ChathamKp 7
• Cheadle HulmeKp 7
• ChelmsfordKp 7
• ChelseaKp 7
• CheltenhamKp 7
• CheshamKp 7
• CheshuntKp 7
• ChessingtonKp 7
• ChesterKp 7
• Chester-le-StreetKp 7
• ChesterfieldKp 7
• ChingfordKp 7
• ChippenhamKp 7
• Chipping SodburyKp 7
• ChislehurstKp 7
• ChiswickKp 7
• ChorleyKp 7
• CirencesterKp 7
• City of WestminsterKp 7
• Clacton-on-SeaKp 7
• CleckheatonKp 7
• CleethorpesKp 7
• ClevedonKp 7
• CoalvilleKp 7
• CobhamKp 7
• ColchesterKp 7
• ColneKp 7
• CongletonKp 7
• ConisbroughKp 7
• ConsettKp 7
• CorbyKp 7
• CoulsdonKp 7
• CoventryKp 7
• CowleyKp 7
• CramlingtonKp 7
• CrawleyKp 7
• CreweKp 7
• CricklewoodKp 7
• CrowthorneKp 7
• CroydonKp 7
• DagenhamKp 7
• DarlingtonKp 7
• DartfordKp 7
• DartonKp 7
• DarwenKp 7
• DaventryKp 7
• DentonKp 7
• DerbyKp 7
• DevizesKp 7
• DewsburyKp 7
• DidcotKp 7
• DinningtonKp 7
• DoncasterKp 7
• DorkingKp 7
• DroitwichKp 7
• DronfieldKp 7
• DroylsdenKp 7
• DudleyKp 7
• DukinfieldKp 7
• DunstableKp 7
• DurhamKp 7
• Ealing CommonKp 7
• Earl ShiltonKp 7
• EarlsfieldKp 7
• East BarnetKp 7
• East DerehamKp 7
• East MoleseyKp 7
• EastleighKp 7
• EastwoodKp 7
• EcclesKp 7
• EdmontonKp 7
• EghamKp 7
• EllandKp 7
• Ellesmere Port TownKp 7
• ElthamKp 7
• ElyKp 7
• Enfield LockKp 7
• Enfield TownKp 7
• EpsomKp 7
• EsherKp 7
• EveshamKp 7
• EwellKp 7
• ExeterKp 7
• ExmouthKp 7
• FailsworthKp 7
• FarnboroughKp 7
• FarnhamKp 7
• FarnworthKp 7
• FavershamKp 7
• FazakerleyKp 7
• FelixstoweKp 7
• FellingKp 7
• FelthamKp 7
• FinchleyKp 7
• FleetKp 7
• FleetwoodKp 7
• FormbyKp 7
• Friern BarnetKp 7
• Frinton-on-SeaKp 7
• FromeKp 7
• FulhamKp 7
• FulwoodKp 7
• FurzedownKp 7
• FyldeKp 7
• GainsboroughKp 7
• GarstonKp 7
• GatesheadKp 7
• Gerrards CrossKp 7
• GillinghamKp 7
• Glen ParvaKp 7
• GlossopKp 7
• GloucesterKp 7
• GodalmingKp 7
• GolborneKp 7
• Golders GreenKp 7
• GooleKp 7
• GosforthKp 7
• GranthamKp 7
• GravesendKp 7
• GraysKp 7
• Great MalvernKp 7
• Great SankeyKp 7
• Great WyrleyKp 7
• Great YarmouthKp 7
• GreenfordKp 7
• GrimsbyKp 7
• GroveKp 7
• GuildfordKp 7
• GuisboroughKp 7
• GuiseleyKp 7
• HadleighKp 7
• Hadley WoodKp 7
• HaleKp 7
• HaleKp 7
• HalesowenKp 7
• HalewoodKp 7
• HalifaxKp 7
• HamptonKp 7
• HanworthKp 7
• HarlesdenKp 7
• HarlowKp 7
• HarpendenKp 7
• HarringayKp 7
• HarrogateKp 7
• HarrowKp 7
• HartlepoolKp 7
• HartleyKp 7
• HarwichKp 7
• HaslingdenKp 7
• HatfieldKp 7
• HaverhillKp 7
• HaydockKp 7
• HayesKp 7
• HayesKp 7
• Hazel GroveKp 7
• HeanorKp 7
• HeavitreeKp 7
• HebburnKp 7
• Hemel HempsteadKp 7
• HerefordKp 7
• Herne BayKp 7
• HertfordKp 7
• HestonKp 7
• HeswallKp 7
• HeyshamKp 7
• HeywoodKp 7
• High PeakKp 7
• High WycombeKp 7
• HighburyKp 7
• HinckleyKp 7
• HindleyKp 7
• HitchinKp 7
• HoddesdonKp 7
• HollowayKp 7
• HookKp 7
• HorleyKp 7
• HornchurchKp 7
• HorsforthKp 7
• HorwichKp 7
• Houghton-Le-SpringKp 7
• HounslowKp 7
• Hoyland NetherKp 7
• HucknallKp 7
• HuddersfieldKp 7
• HumberstoneKp 7
• HuntingdonKp 7
• Hunts CrossKp 7
• HuytonKp 7
• HydeKp 7
• IlfordKp 7
• IlkestonKp 7
• IpswichKp 7
• IrlamKp 7
• IsleworthKp 7
• IslingtonKp 7
• JarrowKp 7
• KeighleyKp 7
• KempstonKp 7
• Kempston HardwickKp 7
• KendalKp 7
• KenilworthKp 7
• KensingtonKp 7
• KetteringKp 7
• KeynshamKp 7
• KidderminsterKp 7
• KidlingtonKp 7
• KidsgroveKp 7
• KilburnKp 7
• King's LynnKp 7
• Kingston upon HullKp 7
• KingswinfordKp 7
• KingswoodKp 7
• KippaxKp 7
• KirkbyKp 7
• Kirkby in AshfieldKp 7
• KirkdaleKp 7
• LancasterKp 7
• LeatherheadKp 7
• LeedsKp 7
• LeekKp 7
• LeicesterKp 7
• LeighKp 7
• Leighton BuzzardKp 7
• Letchworth Garden CityKp 7
• LeylandKp 7
• LeytonstoneKp 7
• LichfieldKp 7
• LimehouseKp 7
• LincolnKp 7
• LitherlandKp 7
• LiverpoolKp 7
• LofthouseKp 7
• LondonKp 7
• Long EatonKp 7
• LongfieldKp 7
• LongsightKp 7
• LoughboroughKp 7
• LouthKp 7
• Lower EarleyKp 7
• LowestoftKp 7
• LutonKp 7
• Lytham St AnnesKp 7
• MacclesfieldKp 7
• MaghullKp 7
• MaidenheadKp 7
• MaidstoneKp 7
• MaldonKp 7
• MaltbyKp 7
• ManchesterKp 7
• Manchester City CentreKp 7
• MangotsfieldKp 7
• Manor ParkKp 7
• MansfieldKp 7
• Mansfield WoodhouseKp 7
• MarchKp 7
• MargateKp 7
• Market HarboroughKp 7
• MarlowKp 7
• MarpleKp 7
• MelkshamKp 7
• Melton MowbrayKp 7
• MendipKp 7
• MexboroughKp 7
• MiddlesbroughKp 7
• MiddletonKp 7
• Milton KeynesKp 7
• MirfieldKp 7
• MitchamKp 7
• MordenKp 7
• MorecambeKp 7
• MoretonKp 7
• MorleyKp 7
• MountsorrelKp 7
• Muswell HillKp 7
• NailseaKp 7
• NantwichKp 7
• NelsonKp 7
• NestonKp 7
• NestonKp 7
• Nether EdgeKp 7
• New CrossKp 7
• New MaldenKp 7
• New MillsKp 7
• Newark on TrentKp 7
• NewburnKp 7
• NewburyKp 7
• Newcastle under LymeKp 7
• Newcastle upon TyneKp 7
• NewmarketKp 7
• Newport PagnellKp 7
• NewquayKp 7
• Newton AycliffeKp 7
• Newton-le-WillowsKp 7
• NorburyKp 7
• Norris GreenKp 7
• North ShieldsKp 7
• North WatfordKp 7
• NorthallertonKp 7
• NorthamptonKp 7
• NortholtKp 7
• NorthwichKp 7
• NorwichKp 7
• Notting HillKp 7
• NottinghamKp 7
• NuneatonKp 7
• OadbyKp 7
• Old SwanKp 7
• Old TraffordKp 7
• OldhamKp 7
• OrmskirkKp 7
• OrpingtonKp 7
• OssettKp 7
• OswestryKp 7
• OxfordKp 7
• Palmers GreenKp 7
• PeckhamKp 7
• PenrithKp 7
• Perry ValeKp 7
• PeterboroughKp 7
• PeterleeKp 7
• PimlicoKp 7
• PinnerKp 7
• PitseaKp 7
• PlumsteadKp 7
• Ponders EndKp 7
• PontefractKp 7
• PortisheadKp 7
• Potters BarKp 7
• Poulton-le-FyldeKp 7
• PrescotKp 7
• PrestonKp 7
• PrestwichKp 7
• Primrose PlaceKp 7
• PudseyKp 7
• PurleyKp 7
• PutneyKp 7
• RadcliffeKp 7
• RamsbottomKp 7
• RawmarshKp 7
• RawtenstallKp 7
• RayleighKp 7
• ReadingKp 7
• RedcarKp 7
• RedditchKp 7
• RedhillKp 7
• ReigateKp 7
• RetfordKp 7
• RichmondKp 7
• RipleyKp 7
• RiponKp 7
• RochdaleKp 7
• RochesterKp 7
• RochfordKp 7
• RoehamptonKp 7
• RomfordKp 7
• RomseyKp 7
• RossendaleKp 7
• RotherhamKp 7
• Royal Leamington SpaKp 7
• RoystonKp 7
• RoytonKp 7
• RugbyKp 7
• RugeleyKp 7
• RuislipKp 7
• RuncornKp 7
• RushdenKp 7
• RytonKp 7
• SaddleworthKp 7
• Saffron WaldenKp 7
• Saint NeotsKp 7
• SaleKp 7
• SalfordKp 7
• SalisburyKp 7
• SandbachKp 7
• SandhurstKp 7
• ScarboroughKp 7
• ScunthorpeKp 7
• SeahamKp 7
• SelbyKp 7
• Seven SistersKp 7
• SevenoaksKp 7
• ShadwellKp 7
• SheffieldKp 7
• Shepherds BushKp 7
• ShipleyKp 7
• ShirleyKp 7
• ShrewsburyKp 7
• SinfinKp 7
• SittingbourneKp 7
• SkegnessKp 7
• SkelmersdaleKp 7
• SleafordKp 7
• SloughKp 7
• SohoKp 7
• SolihullKp 7
• South BenfleetKp 7
• South CroydonKp 7
• South ElmsallKp 7
• South NorwoodKp 7
• South OckendonKp 7
• South RuislipKp 7
• South ShieldsKp 7
• SouthallKp 7
• SouthamptonKp 7
• Southend-on-SeaKp 7
• SouthportKp 7
• SpaldingKp 7
• SpekeKp 7
• SpennymoorKp 7
• St AlbansKp 7
• St AustellKp 7
• St HelensKp 7
• StaffordKp 7
• StainesKp 7
• StalybridgeKp 7
• StamfordKp 7
• Stamford HillKp 7
• Stanford-le-HopeKp 7
• StanleyKp 7
• StaveleyKp 7
• StepneyKp 7
• StevenageKp 7
• StockportKp 7
• Stockton-on-TeesKp 7
• Stoke-on-TrentKp 7
• StourbridgeKp 7
• Stourport-on-SevernKp 7
• StowmarketKp 7
• StratfordKp 7
• Stratford-upon-AvonKp 7
• StreathamKp 7
• StretfordKp 7
• StroodKp 7
• StroudKp 7
• SudburyKp 7
• Sunbury-on-ThamesKp 7
• SunderlandKp 7
• SurbitonKp 7
• SuttonKp 7
• Sutton ColdfieldKp 7
• Sutton in AshfieldKp 7
• SwadlincoteKp 7
• SwanleyKp 7
• SwanscombeKp 7
• SwindonKp 7
• SwintonKp 7
• TadleyKp 7
• TamworthKp 7
• TauntonKp 7
• TelfordKp 7
• TewkesburyKp 7
• ThamesmeadKp 7
• ThatchamKp 7
• ThetfordKp 7
• Thornaby-on-TeesKp 7
• ThorneKp 7
• Thornton-CleveleysKp 7
• TiptonKp 7
• TivertonKp 7
• TonbridgeKp 7
• TootingKp 7
• TottenhamKp 7
• Tottenham HaleKp 7
• TotteridgeKp 7
• TottonKp 7
• TrowbridgeKp 7
• TyldesleyKp 7
• TynemouthKp 7
• Upper NorwoodKp 7
• UrmstonKp 7
• UxbridgeKp 7
• WakefieldKp 7
• WalkdenKp 7
• WallaseyKp 7
• WallingtonKp 7
• WallsendKp 7
• WalsallKp 7
• Waltham AbbeyKp 7
• WalthamstowKp 7
• Walton-on-ThamesKp 7
• Walton-on-the-NazeKp 7
• WantageKp 7
• WareKp 7
• WarminsterKp 7
• WarringtonKp 7
• WarwickKp 7
• WashingtonKp 7
• Washwood HeathKp 7
• WatfordKp 7
• Wath upon DearneKp 7
• WealdstoneKp 7
• WednesburyKp 7
• WednesfieldKp 7
• WellingKp 7
• WellingboroughKp 7
• WellingtonKp 7
• Welwyn Garden CityKp 7
• WembleyKp 7
• West BridgfordKp 7
• West BromwichKp 7
• West EalingKp 7
• West HamKp 7
• West MoleseyKp 7
• WestburyKp 7
• WesthoughtonKp 7
• Weston-super-MareKp 7
• WeybridgeKp 7
• WhickhamKp 7
• WhitefieldKp 7
• WhitehavenKp 7
• Whitley BayKp 7
• WhitstableKp 7
• WickfordKp 7
• WidnesKp 7
• WiganKp 7
• Wigston MagnaKp 7
• WillenhallKp 7
• WillesdenKp 7
• WilmslowKp 7
• WimbledonKp 7
• WinchesterKp 7
• WindsorKp 7
• WinsfordKp 7
• WisbechKp 7
• WithamKp 7
• WitneyKp 7
• WokingKp 7
• WokinghamKp 7
• WolverhamptonKp 7
• WombwellKp 7
• Wood GreenKp 7
• Woodford GreenKp 7
• WorcesterKp 7
• Worcester ParkKp 7
• WorkingtonKp 7
• WorksopKp 7
• YarmKp 7
• YateKp 7
• YateleyKp 7
• YeadonKp 7
• YeovilKp 7
• YorkKp 7

Nearby towns

Forecasts for places within reach of England.

• 🇬🇧 Braunstone - United Kingdom31 km
• 🇬🇧 Kettering - United Kingdom31 km
• 🇬🇧 Leicester - United Kingdom33 km
• 🇬🇧 Wellingborough - United Kingdom33 km
• 🇬🇧 Banbury - United Kingdom33 km
• 🇬🇧 Humberstone - United Kingdom34 km
• 🇬🇧 Corby - United Kingdom37 km
• 🇬🇧 Rushden - United Kingdom39 km