The Galloway Forest Park was declared the UK's first Dark Sky Park on 16 November 2009. But what exactly does that mean? And, over the intervening years, what difference - if any - has it made?

A new £1.5 million observatory is set to be developed in the Galloway Forest Park. The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory (SDSO) plan to transform the old visitor centre on the banks of Clatteringshaws.

Credit: Daniel Wilcox Photography A new home has been found for the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, three years after it was destroyed by fire in the Galloway Forest Park. The new national ...

A new £1.5 million observatory is set to be developed in the Galloway Forest Park. The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory (SDSO) plan to transform the old visitor centre on the banks of Clatteringshaws.

The nearby Galloway Forest Park was the first area in Europe to achieve dark sky park status. Organisers said they hoped the conference would further help to cement south west Scotland's ...

The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory will reopen on the banks of the Clatteringshaws Loch in Galloway Forest Park in late 2026. The site, within Scotland’s only “gold tier” dark sky park ...

A new home has been found for the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory (SDSO ... deep within the Galloway Forest, the sky is literally teeming with stars. "It's the perfect location for the new SDSO ...

After the sun sets "British skies dazzle" and if you seek out a dark sky location "the lack of light pollution can help stargazing enthusiasts feel that bit closer to the universe". Whether you ...

Stretching the length of Scotland, the locations were named among other places like Sark in the English Channel and the ...