Solar eclipse postcode checker: The exact time to see the peak where you live in the UKIt will take just 15 minutes for the peak moment to sweep from the very north of Scotland down to Land’s End in CornwallView Image A solar eclipse will be visible on Wednesday evening (Image: Getty Images)The biggest solar eclipse in the UK this century will be visible today. The celestial spectacle will peak at different times depending on whereabouts you are in the UK. Wednesday’s solar eclipse will be the best in this country for the next 54 years and interest has been so great in the build-up to the event that high street stores and online retailers have sold out of eclipse glasses. Only special solar eclipse glasses that are ISO 12312-2 certified for the safest eye protection should be used to view the eclipse and sunglasses are not sufficient, experts said. Following the 1999 total solar eclipse, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists reported around 70 cases of people experiencing vision problems after watching the eclipse.