There are many organisations with websites covering lighting and light pollution issues. Here is short list of some well known to CfDS. If you think that there are other websites of interest then please contact CfDS.

Dark Sky places in the UK

• Elan Valley
• Sark
• Northumberland National Park and Kielder Water & Forest Park
• Galloway Forest Park
• Brecon Beacons National Park
• Exmoor National Park
• Snowdonia National Park
• South Downs National Park
• Cranborne Chase
• Isle of Wight
• Dark-Sky Discovery
• Dark Sky Sites in Scotland

Key LP and other organisations concerned with lighting:

• The IDA
• The CPRE
• The UK Dark Skies Partnership. An informal alliance of UK National Parks, AONB’s and other organisations promoting star quality lighting
• The Bat Conservation Trust has much experience of lighting and wildlife
• Buglife is a UK organisation focused on protecting insects and invertebrates. One valuable publication is their review of the Impact of Artificial Light on Invertebrates – http://www.buglife.org.uk/advice-and-publications/publications/campaigns-and-reports/review-impact-artificial-light
• A crucial recent report by The London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine covers lighting switch-offs and crime – http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2015/reduced_street_lighting_does_not_increase_crime.html

In Europe: 

• Save the Night
• Loss of the Night Network (LoNNe)
• Austria: www.kuffner-sternwarte.at
• Italian site of Cielobuio-coordination for the protection of the night sky ISTIL
• Verlust der Nacht – Loss of the Night
• European Light pollution – technical articles

In North America:

• New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
• New York SELENE
• Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) (Toronto)
• Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting (U.S.A.)

Lighting Organisations:

• Institution of Lighting Professionals produces many useful references here.
• Several regions in the British Isles now promote dark skies. As one example of a National Park dark sky guide see the site for the Brecon Beacons National Park
• UK Government Lighting Guidelines: Advises on how to consider light within the planning system

Other Websites:

• Go Stargazing: Find public stargazing events and astronomy activities near you
• Meet Star gazers: A series of podcasts, some about light pollution and a dark skies map