Green Space Dark Skies events captivate thousands

People stand in a field hold red lanterns as the sun goes down leaving a red and yellow sunset

Green Space Dark Skies events captivate thousands

Led by Walk the Plank, commissioned as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, Green Space Dark Skies invited thousands of people to make a journey into the landscape together in April - September 2022.

For Green Space Dark Skies, thousands of people from all paths in life became Lumenators, each carried a low impact light into the landscape. Together, people experienced beautiful green spaces across the UK. Thousands of lights made patterns on mountains, lakes and moorland across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These lights were sensitive to the night-time environment.

People stand with lanterns above their heads. In the foreground we see a family with yellow and white lanterns. Behind them are hundreds of people with red lanterns.

Green Space Dark Skies event in Dorset National Landscape

Led by outdoor arts experts Walk the Plank, 20 events took place from April to September 2022. People were taken on a journey through our National Parks and National Landscapes, to a climactic closing moment across the UK that was broadcast to millions. These are places that anyone can visit, any time, for free. However not everyone can feel welcome there. Walk the Plank invited people who don’t usually experience the countryside to take part and to share their stories – before, during and after. 

A woman in Indian clothing holds out her hands to the sides, a huge row of people copy her dance moves

Green Space Dark Skies event in Chilterns National Landscape

23 September 2022