Northern lights in Hull tonight

A dramatic chalk headland on the Holderness coast with a north-facing North Sea horizon and almost no artificial light to the seaward side. The area around the lighthouse gives a clear view from north-west through north to north-east, with the sea as a dark foreground. Flamborough Head is one of the most naturally dark coastal positions in the East of England at this latitude and one of the best positioned for low aurora arcs above the North Sea horizon on a Kp 5 night.

A narrow 5 km shingle peninsula at the mouth of the Humber, managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The peninsula is dark in essentially all directions - the Humber mouth to the west and the North Sea to the east, with the vast open sky typical of coastal lowland. A north-facing view from the tip gives an unobstructed sea horizon. The site is closed to vehicles at night but the access road provides positions with open north sky. One of the few places in East Yorkshire with near-360-degree dark horizon.

The chalk wolds north-west of Beverley rise to 200 m and give significantly darker sky than the Holderness plain and the Humber lowlands. The elevated farmland around Millington and Huggate has a wide north-facing horizon with only scattered farm buildings. Bortle 4 conditions here are not ideal for faint displays but the short drive makes it a practical first stop when Kp is elevated and a clear north-facing position is needed quickly.