Links to UK astronomy Clubs and other useful resources

If your club is missing from here, or if the details here are wrong, please contact the Astronomical Calendar to put it right.

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Channel Islands

Guernsey

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Guernsey Astronomical Society

Jersey

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Jersey Astronomy Club

England

Bedfordshire

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Bedford Astronomical Society
Cranfield Astronomical Society
Luton Astronomical Society

Berkshire

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Herschel Astronomical Society
Maidenhead Astronomical Society
Newbury Astronomical Society
Reading Astronomical Society

Bristol

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Bristol Astronomical Society

Buckinghamshire

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Aylesbury Astronomical Society
Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
Wycombe Astronomical Society

Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge Astronomical Association
Papworth Astronomy Club
Peterborough Astronomical Society
Sawtry And District Astronomical Society
St. Neots Astronomy Association

Cheshire

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Altrincham And District Astronomical Society
Chester Astronomical Society
Macclesfield Astronomical Society
South Cheshire Astronomical Society

Cornwall

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Brannel Astronomy
Callington Community Astronomy Group
Cornwall Astronomical Society
Roseland Observatory Society

Cumbria

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Eddington Astronomical Society
Furness And South Lakeland Astronomical Society

Derbyshire

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Derby & District Astronomical Society
Ilkeston & District Astronomical Society
White Peak Astronomical Observing Group

Devon

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Norman Lockyer Observatory Soc
North Devon Astronomical Society
Plymouth Astronomical Society
Tavistock Astronomical Society
Tiverton and Mid Devon Astronomy Society
Torbay Astronomical Society

Dorset

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Wessex Astronomical Society
Weymouth Astronomy Club

Essex

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Castle Point Astronomy Club
Clacton & District Astronomical Association
Havering Astronomical Society
Loughton Astronomical Society
North Essex Astronomical Society
Thurrock Astronomical Society

Gloucestershire

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Cotswold Astronomical Society

Greater Manchester

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Manchester Astronomical Society
Salford Astronomical Society
West Didsbury Astronomical Society

Hampshire

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Andover Astronomical Society
Basingstoke Astronomical Society
Cody Astronomical Society
Hampshire Astronomical Group
HantsAstro
Solent Amateur Astronomers
Southampton Astronomical Society

Herefordshire

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Herefordshire Astronomical Society

Hertfordshire

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Hertford Astronomy Group
Letchworth And District Astronomical Society
South West Hertfordshire Astronomical Society

Isle of Wight

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Vectis Astronomical Society

Kent

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Ashford Astronomical Society
Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society
Herne Bay Amateur Astronomy Society
Mid Kent Astronomical Society
Orpington Astronomical Society
South East Kent Astronomical Society
Wadhurst Astronomical Society

Lancashire

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Blackpool & District Astronomical Society
Bolton Astronomical Society
Earby Astronomical Society
Southport Astronomical Society
The Amateur Astronomy Centre

Leicestershire

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Leicester Astronomical Society

Lincolnshire

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Cleethorpes & District Astronomical Society
North Lincs Astro
Lincoln Astronomical Society
South Lincolnshire A & Geo Soc

London

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Croydon Astronomical Society
Flamsteed Astronomical Society
Hampstead Garden Suburb Astronomical Society
West Of London Astronomical Society

Merseyside

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Liverpool Astronomical Society

Norfolk

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Breckland Astronomical Society
North Norfolk Astronomical Society
Norwich Astronomical Society
King's Lynn & District Astronomy Society

Northamptonshire

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Nene Valley Astronomical Society
Northants Amateur Astronomers

Northumberland

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Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society
Northumberland Astronomical Society

Nottinghamshire

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Bassetlaw Astronomical Society
Mansfield And Sutton Astronomical Society
Nottingham Astronomical Society

Oxfordshire

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Abingdon Astronomical Society
Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group

Shropshire

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Shropshire Astronomical Society

Somerset

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Beckington Astronomical Society
Exmoor Stargazers

Staffordshire

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North Staffordshire Astronomical Society
Stafford & District Astronomical Society

Suffolk

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Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth Astronomical Society
Orwell Astronomical Society
Stour Astronomical Society

Surrey

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Farnham Astronomical Society
Guildford Astronomical Society
Richmond & Kew Astronomical Society

Sussex

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Adur Astronomical Society
Crawley Astronomical Society
East Sussex Astronomical Society
Eastbourne Astronomical Society
Foredown Tower Astronomers
Horsham Astronomy Group
Lewes Astronomers
The Local Group (East Sussex)
Worthing Astronomers
Worthing Astronomical Society

Tyne & Wear

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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Astronomical Society
Sunderland Astronomical Society

Warwickshire

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Rugby and District Astronomical Society
Stratford-Upon-Avon Astronomical Society

West Midlands

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Birmingham Astronomical Society
Coventry & Warwickshire Astronomical Society
Heart Of England Astronomical Society
Knowle Astronomical Society
Midlands Spaceflight Society
University Of Birmingham Astronomical Society
Walsall Astronomical Society
Wolverhampton Astronomical Society

Wiltshire

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Salisbury Astronomical Society
Swindon Stargazers
Wiltshire Astronomical Society

Worcestershire

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Carolian Astronomy Society
Redditch Astronomical Society
Worcester Astronomical Society

Yorkshire

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Batley and Spenborough Astronomical Society
Blackburn Leisure Astronomy Society
Bradford Astronomical Society
Doncaster Astronomical Society
East Riding Astronomers
Harrogate Astronomical Society
Hebden Bridge Astronomical Society
Huddersfield Astronomical & Philosophical Society
Hull & East Riding Astronomical Society
Leeds Astronomical Society
Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society
Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society
Sheffield Astronomical Society
West Yorkshire Astronomical Society
Whitby & District Astronomical Society
York Astronomical Society

International

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The Webb Deep-Sky Society

Isle of Man

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Isle Of Man Astronomical Society

National

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Society For The History Of Astronomy

Northern Ireland

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Irish Astronomical Association
Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomy Society

Scotland

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Aberdeen Astronomical Society
Astronomers of the Future Club
Ayrshire Astronomical Society (coming)
Bute Astronomical Club
Caithness Astronomy Group
Clydesdale Astronomical Society
Dalgety Bay Astronomy Club
Dumfries Astronomy Society
Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
Association of Falkirk Astronomers
Astronomical Society of Glasgow
Helensburgh Astronomical Society
Highlands Astronomical Society
Sigma - Moray's Astronomy Club
Renfrewshire Astronomical Society
Shetland Astronomical Society
Stirling Astronomical Society
West Kintyre Stargazers

Wales

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Cardiff Astronomical Society
Usk Astronomical Society
Gwynedd Astronomical Society
Bridgend Astronomical Society
Monmouth Astronomical Research Society
North Wales & Llandrillo College Astronomical Society
The Marches Astronomy Group
Port Talbot Astronomical Society
Swansea Astronomical Society

 

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