Exmoor named the 'darkest' National Park in southern England

Now have you ever seen the Milky Way? It's likely that artificial light will prevent you from doing so - unless you're somewhere like Exmoor. >Detailed satellite maps have revealed it as the darkest National Park in Southern England with 92% dark skies. >Exmoor National Park hopes to improve on this by dealing with light spillage from towns like Minehead and Porlock.

Dark skies have been a source of fascination for centuries, yet many children will grow up never seeing the Milky Way because of the impact of artificial light.>The core area of Exmoor National Park covers some 83 square kilometres of mostly moorland, surrounded by a bigger zone of 98 square kilometres, mainly farmed landscape and small settlements.