Studio

Cutoff is a lighting design studio in Hexham. We survey, plan and fit outdoor lights that stop at the horizon.

Astronomical twilight over Greenhaugh — **Ruth Armstrong**Lighting designer, founderGreenhaugh · sky 21.8 mag/arcsec²

Nautical twilight over Allendale Town — **Callum Dodd**ElectricianAllendale Town · sky 21.5 mag/arcsec²

Civil twilight over Wark — **Priya Nair**Surveys and sky readingsWark · sky 21.6 mag/arcsec²

Sunset over Haltwhistle — **Tom Charlton**Parishes and planningHaltwhistle · sky 20.9 mag/arcsec²

Since 2016

312sites surveyed

4,180lights re-aimed, shielded or replaced

2016first survey, a campsite near Falstone

40miles from Hexham, survey travel included

Ruth started Cutoff after ten years designing street lighting for councils across the North East. The work was always the same question asked from the wrong end: how bright can this be? We ask how little light a place needs, and where.

Next stepBook a night surveyFrom £180, one evening