Published 02 July 2026 11:30am BST With the rays of early summer bouncing off the silver-grey shallows, the Channel Islands ...

The Channel Island of Sark has been recognized for the quality of its night sky by the International Dark-sky Association (IDA), who have designated it the world’s first dark sky island, the latest in ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: (L-R) Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain celebrate with their gold medals during the medal cerermony for the Team Dressage on Day 11 ...

A diminutive island that I had never heard of hit my radar one winter’s day in March, when I was introduced to a small dot on a map of the Channel Islands by the manager at the Old Government House ...

Off the coast of Normandy, this isolated spot merits a Dark Sky designation. Related Article One of the Channel Islands, Sark is home to about 600 people, as well as some horses (for transportation).

Sark is a tiny, car-free island in the English Channel that didn’t fully get rid of feudalism until 2008. Its nights are so reliably dark that it’s just been named the world’s first “dark sky island”, ...

The secluded, car-free island of Sark in the Channel Islands is on the hunt for new residents to help double its dwindling population of just 492. Need a fresh start? Then this could be just the ...

Residents on the remote Channel Island of Sark face being left without power after the sole electricity supplier threatened to cut off its supply in the wake of a dispute with the island’s government ...

The tiny and picturesque island of Sark, which is located off the coast of England, has a dwindling population. Now, it's hoping to entice new people to move to the under-the-radar, remote destination ...

The Channel Island of Sark has been recognized for the quality of its night sky by the International Dark-sky Association (IDA), which has designated it the world’s first dark sky island, the latest ...