A £227,000 grant will “ensure that we don’t lose our stars to light pollution”, an organisation has said.
Northumberland Coast National Landscape (NCNL) said it would use National Lottery Heritage funding to protect dark skies on its coastline.
Some of the money will be used to create accessible Dark Sky Discovery sites on the coast at Warkworth, Alnmouth, Bamburgh, Cocklawburn and near Dunstanburgh Castle, with tilted benches for a better view of the night sky.
It will also fund education outreach, pollution monitoring and the retrofitting of motion-sensor “dark sky friendly lighting” on farms.