Astronomy clubs in the UK

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If you are wondering how to find an astronomy club in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), you have come to the right place! If you want to add your astronomy club to the list, modify or complete the information of an astronomy club already listed, send us a message.

England

Bristol

  • Bristol Astronomical Society

Bedfordshire

  • Bedford Astronomical Society
  • Cranfield Astronomical Society
  • Luton Astronomical Society

Berkshire

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

Buckinghamshire

  • Aylesbury Astronomical Society
  • Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
  • Wycombe Astronomical Society

Cambridgeshire

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

Cheshire

  • Altrincham And District Astronomical Society
  • Chester Astronomical Society
  • Mid-Cheshire Astronomical Group
  • South Cheshire Astronomical Society

Cornwall

  • Callington Community Astronomy Group
  • Cornwall Astronomy Society
  • Roseland Observatory Society
  • West Cornwall Astronomical Society

County Durham

  • Bishop Auckland Astronomical Society

Cumbria

  • Cockermouth Astronomical Society
  • Eddington Astronomical Society

Derbyshire

  • Derby & District Astronomical Society
  • Ilkeston & District Astronomical Society
  • White Peak Astro. Obs. Group

Devon

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

Dorset

  • Wessex Astronomical Society
  • Weymouth Astronomy Club

East Yorkshire

  • Brough Astronomy Club
  • East Riding Astronomers
  • Hull & East Riding Astronomical Society

East Sussex

  • East Sussex Astronomical Society
  • Eastbourne Astronomical Society
  • Lewes Astronomers
  • The Local Group
  • Wadhurst Astronomical Society

Essex

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

Gloucestershire

  • Cam & Dursley Astronomy Club
  • Cotswold Astronomical Society

Greater Manchester

  • Manchester Astronomical Society
  • Heaton Park Astronomy Group
  • Salford Astronomical Society
  • West Didsbury Astronomical Society

Hampshire

  • Andover Astronomical Society
  • Basingstoke Astronomical Society
  • Cody Astronomical Society
  • Fordingbridge Astronomers
  • Hampshire Astronomical Group

HantsAstro

  • Solent Amateur Astronomers

Herefordshire

  • Herefordshire Astronomical Society

Hertfordshire

  • Letchworth And District Astronomical Society
  • South West Hertfordshire Astronomical Society

Kent

  • Cranbrook and District Science and Astronomical Society
  • Herne Bay Amateur Astronomical Society
  • Mid Kent Astronomical Society
  • Orpington Astronomical Society
  • South East Kent Astronomical Society

Lancashire

  • Astronomy Centre
  • Blackpool & District Astronomical Society
  • Bolton Astronomical Society
  • Earby Astronomical Society
  • Preston & District Astronomical Society
  • Southport Astronomical Society

Leicestershire

  • Melton and District Astronomical Society

Lincolnshire

  • Cleethorpes & District Astronomical Society
  • Lincoln Astronomical Society
  • Spalding Astro

London

  • Baker Street Irregular Astronomers
  • Croydon Astronomical Society
  • Flamsteed Astronomical Society
  • Hampstead Garden Suburb Astronomical Society
  • West Of London Astronomical Society

Merseyside

  • Liverpool Astronomical Society

Norfolk

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

North Yorkshire

  • Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society
  • York Astronomical Society

Northamptonshire

  • Nene Valley Astronomical Society
  • Northants Amateur Astronomers
  • Northamptonshire Natural History Society (NNHS) Astronomy Section
  • Stanion and Northants Astronomy Group.

Northumberland

  • Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society
  • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Astronomical Society
  • Northumberland Astronomical Society

Nottinghamshire

  • Mansfield And Sutton Astronomical Society
  • Nottingham Astronomical Society

Oxfordshire

  • Abingdon Astronomical Society
  • Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group

Shropshire

  • Shropshire Astronomical Society

Somerset

  • Bath Astronomers
  • Beckington Astronomical Society
  • Crewkerne And District Astronomical Society
  • Wells & Mendip Astronomers
  • William Herschel Society

South Yorkshire

  • Doncaster Astronomical Society
  • Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society
  • Sheffield Astronomical Society

Staffordshire

  • North Staffordshire Astronomical Society

Suffolk

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

Surrey

  • Farnham Astronomical Society
  • Guildford Astronomical Society
  • Richmond & Kew Astronomical Society

Tyne & Wear

  • Sunderland Astronomical Society

Warwickshire

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

West Midlands

  • Birmingham Astronomical Society
  • Coventry & Warwickshire Astronomical Society
  • Heart Of England Astronomical Society
  • Knowle Astronomical Society
  • Walsall Astronomical Society
  • Wolverhampton Astronomical Society

West Sussex

  • Adur Astronomical Society
  • Crawley Astronomical Society
  • Horsham Astronomy Group
  • Worthing Astronomical Society

West Yorkshire

  • Bradford Astronomical Society
  • Hebden Bridge Astronomy Society
  • Huddersfield Astronomical & Philosophical Society
  • Keighley Astronomical Society
  • Wakefield Astronomical Society
  • West Yorkshire Astronomical Society

Wiltshire

  • Salisbury Astronomical Society
  • Swindon Stargazers
  • Wiltshire Astronomical Society

Worcestershire

  • Bromsgrove Astronomical Society
  • Carolian Astronomy Society
  • Redditch Astronomical Society
  • Worcester Astronomical Society

Isle of Wight

  • Vectis Astronomical Society

Isle of Man

  • Isle Of Man Astronomical Society

Scotland

Aberdeenshire

  • Aberdeen Astronomical Society

Argyll & Bute

  • Bute Astronomical Club

Ayrshire

  • Ayrshire Astronomical Society

Caithness

  • Caithness Astronomy Group

Dumfries & Galloway

  • Dumfries Astronomy Society

Dunbartonshire

  • Helensburgh Astronomical Society

Fife

  • Dalgety Bay Astronomy Club

Inveraray

  • Wes Kintyre Stargazer (Argyll)

Lanarkshire

  • Astronomers of the Future Club
  • Astronomical Society of Glasgow

Lothian

  • Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

Shetland Islands

  • Shetland Astronomical Society

South Lanarkshire

  • Clydesdale Astronomical Society
  • Stirling & Falkirk
  • Association of Falkirk Astronomers
  • Stirling Astronomical Society

Strathclyde

  • Renfrewshire Astronomical Society

Wales

Clwyd

  • North Wales & Llandrillo College Astronomical Society

Gwent

  • Abergavenny Astronomical Society
  • Usk Astronomical Society

Gwynedd

  • Gwynedd Astronomical Society

Mid Glamorgan

  • Bridgend Astronomical Society

Powys

  • The Marches Astronomy Group

South Glamorgan

  • Cardiff Astronomical Society
  • Barry Astronomical Society

West Glamorgan

  • Swansea Astronomical Society

Northern Ireland

  • Irish Astronomical Association
  • Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomy Society