A partial solar eclipse is set to be seen across the county next week.

On Tuesday morning, people from all parts of Kent will be able to see nearly a sixth of the sun being blocked out by the moon.

The eclipse will begin to be seen in county at 10.09 and will end at 11.52, meaning it will last for a duration of one hour and 44 minutes in Kent.

Those viewing the eclipse from the UK will see between 10% and 20% of the sun covered by the moon.

However, even though a portion of the light from the sun will be blocked, it will not get noticeably darker.

People are being advised not to look directly at the sun as it can cause serious damage to your eyes, even though a large fraction of the solar disc will be blocked out.

Looking at the sun through binoculars, telescopes or a telephoto lens on an SLR camera can also be damaging.

Jake Foster, astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: “The simplest way to watch an eclipse is to use a pinhole in a piece of card.

“An image of the sun can then be projected on to another piece of card behind it (experiment with the distance between the two, but it will need to be at least 30 cm).

“Under no circumstances should you look through the pinhole.”