Outdoor visibility planning
Outdoor lighting planner
Calculate path-light spacing, transformer size, driveway edge visibility, outdoor marking paint and small-car-park bay scope. Start with the visible problem, then choose lights, route cues or materials from the estimate.
Start with the visible problem, not the product.
Most outdoor routes fail in the same places: a blind bend, a step, a dark edge, a cable run, a wet entrance or a parking bay that disappears at night. The tools below turn those awkward details into a plain checklist and rough quantity plan.
Tool bench
Calculators and planners
Each tool gives a result sheet you can use before buying lights, paint, cable or a marking machine.
Path Light Spacing Calculator
Work out light count, spacing and risk points for garden paths, steps and curved routes.
Open plannerElectrical planningLow Voltage Transformer Calculator
Estimate transformer headroom, cable-run risk and sensible low-voltage lighting zones.
Open plannerDrivewaysDriveway Edge Visibility Planner
Plan lighting, edge visibility and optional marking for shared drives and dark entrances.
Open plannerSurface markingOutdoor Surface Marking Paint Calculator
Estimate line length, paint litres and whether hand marking or a machine route makes sense.
Open plannerSmall car parksCar Park Lighting & Bay Marking Planner
Check small parking areas for lighting, pedestrian routes, bay markings and repaint scope.
Open plannerEventsOutdoor Event Route Checklist
Generate a practical lighting, cable, surface and temporary route marking checklist.
Open plannerUseful reading
Start with these guides
These are the pages most likely to help before you measure, order or repaint anything.
Solar vs low voltage path lights: which to plan for
How to choose between solar and low-voltage path lights based on route use, winter output, spacing and cable runs.
Read guideGuideVoltage drop in garden lighting cable runs
Why long 12V cable runs dim garden lights, how to estimate voltage drop, and when 24V or extra zones fix the problem.
Read guideGuideMeasuring a small car park for line marking
How to measure bays, aisles and pedestrian routes in a small car park and turn it into a realistic paint and repaint scope.
Read guideDifferent from a catalogue
Why this site exists
The old Landscape Lighting site was a simple garden-light catalogue. This rebuild keeps the outdoor lighting topic, but turns it into a modern planning resource for people deciding where light is enough and where route, edge or bay markings also help.
What the tools consider
- path length, curves, steps and dark corners
- low-voltage wattage and headroom
- driveway, patio, car park and garden-use cases
- surface type, line width and paint coverage
- event routes, temporary parking and guest movement