<Ul> <Li> A partial solar eclipse which covered 60% of the Sun over the British Isles . </Li> </Ul> <Li> A partial solar eclipse which covered 60% of the Sun over the British Isles . </Li> <Li> 11 August 1999 <Ul> <Li> Total Solar Eclipse over Cornwall and part of south Devon, partial over the rest of the United Kingdom . Totality was observable from English Channel and the island of Alderney in the Channel Islands, but was almost universally clouded out on the British mainland . The clouds did clear in the Newquay area, though, allowing observation of full totality . A large partial eclipse was visible in the south - east of England and south Wales . Observers in various places noted birds falling silent, daylight colours turning to grey, and temperatures falling, augmented by a passing wisp of cloud at the moment of peak eclipse . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Total Solar Eclipse over Cornwall and part of south Devon, partial over the rest of the United Kingdom . Totality was observable from English Channel and the island of Alderney in the Channel Islands, but was almost universally clouded out on the British mainland . The clouds did clear in the Newquay area, though, allowing observation of full totality . A large partial eclipse was visible in the south - east of England and south Wales . Observers in various places noted birds falling silent, daylight colours turning to grey, and temperatures falling, augmented by a passing wisp of cloud at the moment of peak eclipse . </Li> </Ul>

When did the uk have a total solar eclipse