The team behind Shropshire Petal Fields has announced an evening opening on Wednesday 12 August, giving visitors the chance to watch the partial solar eclipse from the flower field.

This Wednesday’s eclipse is expected to begin at approximately 6.14pm in Newport, reach maximum eclipse at 7.11pm, and end at 8.05pm.

During the partial solar eclipse, around 90-96% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon. This will be the most coverage seen from the UK and Ireland since the 1999 solar eclipse.

On 12 August, in addition to the morning and afternoon sessions, you can book onto an evening slot from 5pm – 8pm to enjoy the eclipse. If you have tickets booked earlier in the day, you can move your tickets to the evening session. Dogs are also permitted to attend on 12 August.

The remaining 2026 open dates are 12, 14, 15, 16 August. There will be another sunset opening on 14 August with the evening sessions running from 5.30pm – 9.30pm, and dogs are welcome on 12, 15, 16 August.

Over 3 million seeds were planted for the Shropshire Petal Fields event, which is run by Shropshire Festivals. The field belongs to petal confetti business, Shropshire Petals. They reported having only 0.5mm of rain in July – normally they would expect 82mm.

Ticket prices for Wednesday evening are £10.95 for adults, £7.95 for child tickets (age 3-16), £3.95 for under 3s, babes in arms are free, family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are £34.95, and dogs are a pound a hound. Tickets can be purchased online at shropshirepetalfields.co.uk