苏福克的索灵顿街成为英格兰首个国际黑暗天空社区, Suffolk’s Thorington Street becomes England’s first International DarkSky Community, recognized for dark skies and light pollution controls.

苏福克州的索灵顿街已成为英格兰首个国际黑暗天空社区, 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. 在Dedham Vale协会开展为期九年的宣传活动之后,这项指定要求利用运动传感器、底灯和对新的街道照明的限制,制定照明管理计划。 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. 现在,国家信托基金会拥有的杜多式谷仓作为一个暗天发现中心,用于观星和教育. A Tudor barn owned by the National Trust now serves as a DarkSky Discovery Centre for stargazing and education. 该村与联合王国其他6个具有这种地位的地点联合起来,突出显示了为防治光污染和保护夜空这一自然资源而日益作出的努力。 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.