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Suffolk’s Thorington Street becomes England’s first International DarkSky Community, recognized for dark skies and light pollution controls.
Thorington Street in Suffolk has become England’s first International DarkSky Community, recognized by DarkSky International for its exceptionally dark skies, where the Milky Way is visible in late summer.
The designation, awarded after a nine-year campaign by the Dedham Vale Society, required a lighting management plan using motion sensors, downlights, and restrictions on new street lighting.
A Tudor barn owned by the National Trust now serves as a DarkSky Discovery Centre for stargazing and education.
The hamlet joins six other UK locations with the status, highlighting growing efforts to combat light pollution and preserve night skies as a natural resource.
Suffolk's Thorington Street se convierte en la primera Comunidad Internacional DarkSky de Inglaterra, reconocida por sus cielos oscuros y controles de contaminación lumínica.