Two Northumberland campsites have taken awards at a national Camping and Glamping awards ceremony.
Walkmill Campsite in Guyzance, near Warkworth, and Langley Dam Glamping near Haydon Bridge both came as runners up in the best for dark skies category at the campsites.co.uk Camping and Glamping Awards, finishing runners up to Bwch yn Uchaf in Gwynedd, Wales. The county is home to the largest gold tier International Dark Sky Park in Europe, and camping offers a way to enjoy the "nightlife" for less.
A night under Northumberland's dark skies was named as the top thing to do in the UK before you turn 40 in a study earlier in the year, while astrotourism is said to be worth £25m annually to the region. Despite that, neither winner is actually located within the boundaries of the dark sky park, which is the second largest area of protected sky on the continent.
