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Technical lighting design guidance

April 21, 2025 sholbeche

New guidance created by Cotswold National Landscape. The primary purpose of this guidance is to provide technical specifications and advicefor

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Two great films about tackling urban light pollution

June 12, 2021 Charles Draper
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Starlit Skies Biodiversity Paper

March 29, 2021 Charles Draper
Award of Appreciation
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Award of Appreciation

June 10, 2019 sholbeche
Dorothy House Hospice Care lighting award
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Dorothy House Hospice Care lighting award

February 12, 2019 sholbeche

What can you do?

  • CfDS's Light Pollution and the Law
  • Good lighting guide - Cranborne Chase
  • International Dark-Sky Association
  • Request a Streetlight shield from BANES
  • Take action with CPRE's NightBlight advice

Starlit Skies Alliance

  • Bath Astronomers
  • Campaign to Protect Rural England
  • Commission for Dark Skies
  • Cotswolds AONB
  • William Herschel Society

Starlit Skies talks about Light Pollution

https://youtu.be/iT5s5Tl9Ims


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Why?

Light pollution is endemic wherever people gather and don't consider the consequences of their actions... just trying to solve a problem but doing so in the wrong way. Bad planning and design lead to:

  • Wasting the planet's resources
  • Altering the behaviour of wildlife
  • Disrupting sleep and development
  • Impacting mental health
  • Hiding the Universe from curious minds
View Light Pollution Maps

Dark Sky Reserves

  • Brecon Beacons International Dark Sky Reserve
  • Cranborne Chase ANOB (applied)
  • Elan Valley International Dark Sky Park
  • Exmoor National Park
  • Galloway Forest Park, an International Dark Sky Park
  • Northumberland and Kielder Water & Forest Park
  • Snowdonia International Dark Sky Reserve
  • South Downs National Park

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