Street lighting facts and figures

Key data about street lighting in Hampshire

Street lights

Including floodlights and highmasts

Other lights

  • 8,443
  • illuminated traffic signs
  • 2,294
  • subway/tunnel fittings
  • 405
  • mains powered school crossing lights

Illuminated traffic bollards

Pedestrian beacons

Switching regime

  • 35Lux on
  • 18Lux off

Mayflower remote management system

  • 155,438
  • Units under Mayflower control as at 31 March 2024

Types of lamp

Dimming regimes

From 100% of power output, no dimming of signs, bollards, subways etc

Residential roads

  • 65%
  • Dusk to dawn. From 1 April 2019 switch off 1am to 4am (participating councils only)

Cosmopolis lamps

  • 40%
  • Dusk to dawn. From 1 April 2019 Switch off 1am to 4am (residential units, participating councils only)

Main roads

  • 30%
  • Dusk to 11.30pm
  • 50%
  • 11.30pm to 5.30am
  • 25%
  • 5.30am to dawn

Energy and emissions

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