# CRAYFORD MANOR HOUSE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY DARTFORD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1156678
- **Other names:** CRAYFORD MANOR HOUSE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 14, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1156678


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Linden Close, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge
- **Postcode:** TN12 6LH
- **Phone:** 01892 836197
- **Email:** info@crayfordmanorastro.com
- **Website:** http://www.crayfordmanorastro.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE

**Activities:** Delivering up to 22 educational professional lectures on astronomy or related subjects; up to 30 informal evenings where members discuss their activities and impart knowledge; providing access to its observatory and use of its astronomical equipment;  safe location for observing evenings, weather permitting; public outreach; running educational projects.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Kent





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JOHN GRAY ARCHER** | Chair | March 11, 2014 |
| Dr MICHAEL JOHN RUSHTON BSC DRCOG |  | March 11, 2014 |
| Gary Robert Hunt |  | March 3, 2025 |
| John James Howarth |  | Nov. 2, 2017 |
| KEITH ROBERT RICKARD |  | March 11, 2014 |
| MARTIN VALENTINE CROW |  | Nov. 6, 2014 |
| RITA ANN WHITING |  | March 11, 2014 |
| SIMON FRANCIS DAWES |  | March 11, 2014 |




