{"id":1502,"date":"2011-01-04T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502"},"modified":"2011-01-05T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T17:28:43","slug":"light-pollution-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502","title":{"rendered":"Light Pollution in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of the UK population now rarely gets to see the night sky.  This view, which was familiar to the majority of people just a generation or two ago, is now drowned out by the light pollution associated with almost any settlement of consequence.<\/p>\n<p>Since the days when the national grid started romping pylons HG Wells-like through the British countryside in the 1920&#8217;s, the levels of light pollution have been increasing decade on decade such that, even in many so-called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrural locations\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, there is a glow in the night sky preventing a view of the stars to the majority of horizons.  <\/p>\n<p>A few places are still largely free from the glow of light pollution and these are the places where any self-respecting amateur or professional astronomer is likely to prefer to live if they wish to take their work home with them.<\/p>\n<p>These places are mainly the genuinely rural areas of Britain and include:<\/p>\n<p>Scotland<br \/>\nThe Galloway Forest Park    (<a href=\"http:\/\/wigtownshire-astro.org.uk\/\">The Galloway Forest Astronomical Society<\/a>)<br \/>\nPerthshire<br \/>\nThe Highlands away from the major settlements<br \/>\nScottish \/English Borders<\/p>\n<p>England<br \/>\nNorth Devon and Exmoor<br \/>\nRomney Marsh<br \/>\nKielder Forest \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Officially England\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s darkest place at night<br \/>\nNorth York Moors -\u00c2\u00a0  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scarborough-ryedale-as.org.uk\/astro\/main.htm\">Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society<\/a>)<br \/>\nSussex Downs<br \/>\nNorth Norfolk<br \/>\nLake District<br \/>\nCornwall \/ Isles of Scilly<br \/>\nShropshire and the Welsh Border country<\/p>\n<p>Wales<br \/>\nMid Wales (especially Powys)<br \/>\nNorth Wales and parts of Anglesey<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking of moving to an area and the level of light pollution is an important criterion, you need to go and visit at night and walk about without car headlights on in order to appreciate the depth of the light pollution in the night sky.  This is the only way to spot an invasive glow over the hill that is from a hidden source.  (We would recommend that you let the potential vendor know in advance or a blue flashing light could disturb the night sky!)<\/p>\n<p>To get an indication of the general level of light pollution we would also recommend that you have a look online at the Dark Sky Maps which can help you determine the extent of the invasive nature of light pollution for a location.  These can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.need-less.org.uk\">www.need-less.org.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britastro.org\/dark-skies\/bestukastrolocation.html\">www.britastro.org\/dark-skies\/bestukastrolocation.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk\">www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of the UK population now rarely gets to see the night sky. This view, which was familiar to the majority of people just a generation or two ago, is now drowned out by the light pollution associated with almost any settlement of consequence. Since the days when the national grid started romping pylons &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Light Pollution in the UK&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The majority of the UK population now rarely gets to see the night sky. This view, which was familiar to the majority of people just a generation or two ago, is now drowned out by the light pollution associated with almost any settlement of consequence. Since the days when the national grid started romping pylons &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Light Pollution in the UK&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PropertySurveying\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-01-05T17:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?page_id=1502\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?page_id=1502\",\"name\":\"Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-04T15:25:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-01-05T17:28:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?page_id=1502#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?page_id=1502\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?page_id=1502#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Light Pollution in the UK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/\",\"name\":\"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\",\"description\":\"The NEWSLETTER\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/cropped-property-surveying-logo-for-newsletter-body-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/cropped-property-surveying-logo-for-newsletter-body-1.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\\\/newsletter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PropertySurveying\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","og_description":"The majority of the UK population now rarely gets to see the night sky. This view, which was familiar to the majority of people just a generation or two ago, is now drowned out by the light pollution associated with almost any settlement of consequence. Since the days when the national grid started romping pylons &hellip; Continue reading \"Light Pollution in the UK\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502","og_site_name":"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PropertySurveying","article_modified_time":"2011-01-05T17:28:43+00:00","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502","url":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502","name":"Light Pollution in the UK - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-01-04T15:25:46+00:00","dateModified":"2011-01-05T17:28:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=1502#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Light Pollution in the UK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/","name":"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","description":"The NEWSLETTER","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#organization","name":"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER","url":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-property-surveying-logo-for-newsletter-body-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-property-surveying-logo-for-newsletter-body-1.png","width":240,"height":50,"caption":"Property Surveying NEWSLETTER"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PropertySurveying"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffolder&post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}