Northern lights North York Moors tonight

Botton Head (454 m) is the highest point on the Cleveland Hills on the western edge of the North York Moors National Park. The ridge gives views north toward the Tees Valley conurbation, which produces a significant light dome on the horizon during high-activity nights. The best viewing direction is northeast and overhead, where the horizon is relatively clean. The Urra Moor road climbs from Bilsdale and is accessible by car to a high-level car park near the summit. Bortle Class 3 on the ridge, improving to Class 3 looking east. The northern light dome from Teesside is visible but does not dominate the full horizon. In major storm conditions, aurora can be seen directly overhead when it reaches this latitude.

Sutton Bank is a west-facing escarpment on the Hambleton Hills at 299 m, with the Yorkshire Gliding Club and a National Park visitor centre at the top. The escarpment drops away to the Vale of York below, giving an enormous western panorama. Aurora at this latitude typically appears on the northern horizon; the northern sky from Sutton Bank is open across the Hambleton Hills plateau. The visitor centre car park is free and accessible at all hours. Bortle Class 3-4 from the car park, with the Vale of York light dome visible to the west but not affecting the northern arc. The B1257 from Helmsley is a clear road accessible year-round.

Robin Hood's Bay is a coastal village on the North Yorkshire Heritage Coast, with clifftop paths north and south of the village that give open northern and northeastern views over the North Sea. The sea horizon to the north is completely unobstructed. The village itself is small with minimal commercial lighting; the cliff paths 200 m north of the houses are effectively dark. Any aurora on the northeastern horizon appears over the sea. Bortle Class 3 from the cliff paths. The National Park car park at the top of the village is free in the evenings. Whitby to the north produces a small light dome but it is 20 km away and does not affect the north-northeast arc.