We are quite lucky 56N and see Aurora quite often.
It has to be a really strong display to see the colours by eye, and they do not happen very often.
But as people have said, it all depends on UK weather and that is usually the problem viewing an aurora.
Most of the time the display is a grey cloud you see by eye, and only cameras bring out the colour.
There are other displays which are more impressive, and that is Noctilucent Clouds.
These are easily visible looking North during June/July, and exquisite.
I’ve had a few pix picked up by the dailys, NASA and JPL with NLC’s.
I first took pix of the Aurora in 2003 with a 3mp Camera- at that time it was cutting edge…lol.
Last Week when I went out, our favourite Loch was jam packed with people out taking pix, the car parks were full – all good!