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This is a list of lighthouses in England. It includes lighthouses which are no longer in use as a light but are still standing. It also includes some of the harbour and pier-head lights around the country.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Details of several lighthouses and lightvessels in current use in England, together with Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar can be found on the website of Trinity House.[9] Locations of major lighthouses are shown on the adjacent map.
Name | Image | Location & coordinates | County | Year built | Tower height | Focal height | Range | Operator | NGA number |
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Anvil Point Lighthouse | Anvil Point |
Dorset | 1881 | 12 m (39 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) | Trinity House | 114-0544 | |
Bamburgh Lighthouse | Bamburgh |
Northumberland | 1910[10] | 9 m (30 ft)[10] | 12 m (39 ft)[11] | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[11] (white), 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi)[11] (red green) | Trinity House[10] | 114-2252 | |
Beachy Head Lighthouse | Beachy Head [12] |
Sussex | 1902 | 33 m (108 ft) | 31 m (102 ft)[13] | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)[13] | Trinity House | 114-1140[13] | |
Berkeley Pill Front light | Severn Estuary |
Gloucestershire | 1937 | 8 m (26 ft) | 5 m (16 ft) | Gloucester Harbour Trustees | |||
Berkeley Pill Rear light | Severn Estuary |
Gloucestershire | 1937 | 12 m (39 ft) | 11 m (36 ft) | Gloucester Harbour Trustees | |||
Berry Head Lighthouse | Berry Head |
Devon | 1906 | 5 m (16 ft) | 58 m (190 ft)[11] | 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-0344 | |
Berwick Lighthouse | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Northumberland | 1826 | 13 m (43 ft) | 15 m (49 ft)[13] | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[13] | Port of Berwick | 114-2264[13] | |
Bishop Rock Lighthouse | Bishop Rock |
Cornwall | 1858[14] | 49 m (161 ft)[14] | 44 m (144 ft)[14] | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)[14] | Trinity House[14] | 114-4 | |
Bull Point Lighthouse | Mortehoe |
Devon | 1879 | 11 m (36 ft) | 54 m (177 ft)[11] | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-6228 | |
Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse | Burnham-on-Sea [15] |
Somerset | 1832[a] | 9 m (30 ft) | Somerset Council[b] | 114-6172 | |||
Chapel Rock Lighthouse | Gloucestershire |
Gloucestershire | 1907 | 8 m (26 ft) | 6 m (20 ft) | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) | Gloucester Harbour Trustees | 114-5994 | |
Coquet Lighthouse | Hauxley [16] |
Northumberland | 1841[17] | 22 m (72 ft)[17] | 25 m (82 ft)[11] | 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)[11] (white), 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[11] (red) | Trinity House[17] | 114-2228 | |
Cromer Lighthouse | Cromer[18] [18] |
Norfolk | 1833[19] | 18 m (59 ft)[19] | 84 m (276 ft)[11][19] | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi)[11][19] | Trinity House[19] | 114-1676 | |
Crow Point Lighthouse | Braunton Burrows |
Devon | 1954 | 5 m (16 ft) | 7.6 m (25 ft) | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[11] (white), 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[11] (red) | Trinity House | 114-6240 | |
Dungeness Lighthouse | Dungeness [20] |
Kent | 1961 | 43 m (141 ft) | 40 m (130 ft)[11] | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-1220 | |
Eddystone Lighthouse | Eddystone Rocks |
Cornwall | 1882[21] | 49 m (161 ft)[21] | 41 m (135 ft),[11][21][13] 28 m (92 ft)[13] | 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)[11][21][13] (white), 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)[13] (red) | Trinity House[21] | 114-132[13] | |
Farne Lighthouse | Farne Islands [22] |
Northumberland | 1811[23] | 13 m (43 ft)[23] | 27 m (89 ft)[13][23] | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)[13] (white), 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)[13] (red) | Trinity House[23] | 114-2256[13] | |
Flamborough Head Lighthouse | Flamborough[24] [24] |
Yorkshire | 1806[24] | 26.5 m (87 ft) | 65 m (213 ft)[11] | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)[11] | Trinity House, East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 114-1964[13] | |
Pharos Lighthouse | Fleetwood[25] [25] |
Lancashire | 1840 | 27 m (89 ft) | 28 m (92 ft) | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) | Port of Fleetwood | 114-5156 | |
Beach Lighthouse | Fleetwood[26] [26] |
Lancashire | 1840 | 13 m (43 ft) | 14 m (46 ft)[13] | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[13] | Port of Fleetwood | 114-5152 | |
Folkestone Lighthouse | Folkestone[27] [27] |
Kent | 1860 | 13 m (43 ft) | 14 m (46 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi) | Folkestone Harbour | 114-1228 | |
Godrevy Lighthouse | St Ives [28] |
Cornwall | 1 Mar 1859 | 26 m (85 ft) | 28 m (92 ft)[11] | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-6284 | |
Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse | Gorleston-on-Sea |
Norfolk | 1955 | 8 m (26 ft) | 11 m (36 ft) | 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi) | Great Yarmouth Port Authority | 114-1624 | |
Guile Point East Lighthouse | Lindisfarne |
Northumberland | 1859[29] | 29 ft (8.8 m)[13] | 9 m (30 ft)[29][13] | 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)[29][13] | Trinity House[29] (from Nov 1995), Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until Nov 1995)[c] | 114-2262[13] | |
Happisburgh Lighthouse | Happisburgh |
Norfolk | 1791 | 26 m (85 ft) | 41 m (135 ft)[13] | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[13] | Trinity House (until 1990), Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust (from 1990) | 114-1668 | |
Hartland Point Lighthouse | Hartland Point [30] |
Devon | 1874 | 18 m (59 ft) | 37 m (121 ft) | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) | Trinity House[d] | 114-6252 | |
Heugh Lighthouse | Hartlepool |
County Durham | 1927 | 16 m (52 ft) | 19 m (62 ft)[11] | 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)[11] | PD Ports | 114-2056 | |
Herd Groyne Light | South Shields |
County Durham | 1882 | 15 m (49 ft) | 13 m (43 ft)[13] | 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)[13] (white), 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi)[13] (green red) | Port of Tyne | 114-2112 | |
Heugh Hill Lighthouse | Lindisfarne |
Northumberland | 1826[31] | 8 m (26 ft) | 24 m (79 ft)[31] | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[31] | Trinity House[31][c] | 114-2263 | |
Hilbre Island Lighthouse | Hilbre Island |
Merseyside | 1927[32] | 3 m (9.8 ft)[32] | 14 m (46 ft)[32][13] | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[32][13] | Trinity House[32][e] | 114-5380[13] | |
Hurst Point Lighthouse | Hurst Castle |
Hampshire | 1867 | 26 m (85 ft) | 23 m (75 ft),[11] 19 m (62 ft)[11] | 13 nmi (24 km) | Trinity House | 114-0596 | |
Ilfracombe Lighthouse | Ilfracombe |
Devon | 1819 | 11 m (36 ft) | 39 m (128 ft)[13] | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[13] | Ilfracombe Harbour Board | 114-6220 | |
Instow Front Lighthouse | Instow |
Devon | 1820 | 18 m (59 ft) | 22 m (72 ft)[33][11] | 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[33][11] | Trinity House | ||
Instow Rear Lighthouse | Instow |
Devon | 1820 | 8.5 m (28 ft) | 38 m (125 ft)[34][11] | 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[34][11] | Trinity House | 114-6236 | |
Killingholme High Lighthouse | South Killingholme [35] |
Lincolnshire | 1876 | 24 m (79 ft) | 22 m (72 ft) | 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) | Port of Immingham[f] | 114-1916 | |
Killingholme South Low Lighthouse | South Killingholme [36] |
Lincolnshire | 1836 | 14 m (46 ft) | 10 m (33 ft)[13] | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[13] | Port of Immingham[f] | 114-1912 | |
Lizard Lighthouse | Lizard Point |
Cornwall | 1751 | 19 m (62 ft) | 70 m (230 ft)[11] | 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-0064 | |
Longships Lighthouse | Longships |
Cornwall | 1875 | 35 m (115 ft) | 35 m (115 ft)[11] | 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[11] (white), 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi)[11] (red) | Trinity House | 114-0024 | |
Longstone Lighthouse | Farne Islands [37] |
Northumberland | 1826[38] | 26 m (85 ft)[38] | 23 m (75 ft)[11][38][13] | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi),[11][13] 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[38] | Trinity House[38] | 114-2260[13] | |
Lowestoft Lighthouse | Lowestoft |
Suffolk | 1874[39] | 16 m (52 ft)[39] | 37 m (121 ft)[11][39] | 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi)[11][39] | Trinity House[39] | 114-1620 | |
Lundy North Lighthouse | Torridge,[40] Lundy [40] |
Devon | 1897[41] | 17 m (56 ft)[41] | 48 m (157 ft)[11][41] | 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)[11] | Trinity House[41] | 114-6244 | |
Lundy South Lighthouse | Torridge,[42] Lundy [42] |
Devon | 1897[43] | 16 m (52 ft)[43] | 53 m (174 ft)[11][43] | 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[11][43] | Trinity House[43] | 114-6248 | |
Lyde Rock lighthouse | Severn Estuary |
Gloucestershire | 2008 | 10 m (33 ft) | 12 m (39 ft) | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) | Gloucester Harbour Trustees | ||
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse | Foreland Point [44] |
Devon | 1900 | 15 m (49 ft) | 67 m (220 ft)[11] | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-6208 | |
Maryport New Lighthouse | Maryport |
Cumberland | 1996 | 4.7 m (15 ft), 6 m (20 ft) | 10 m (33 ft) | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) | Trinity House (until 2010), Maryport Harbour Authority (from 2010) | 114-4860 | |
Nab Tower | Nab Rock |
- | 1918[45] | 27 m (89 ft) | 17 m (56 ft)[45] | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[45] | Trinity House[45] | 114-1048 | |
Needles Lighthouse | Alum Bay |
Isle of Wight | 1859 | 31 m (102 ft) | 24 m (79 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) | Trinity House | 114-0584 | |
North Foreland Lighthouse | North Foreland [46] |
Kent | 1691[47] | 26 m (85 ft)[47] | 57 m (187 ft)[11][47] | 19 nmi (35 km) | Trinity House[47] | 114-1364 | |
Pendeen Lighthouse | Pendeen |
Cornwall | 1900 | 17 m (56 ft) | 59 m (194 ft)[11] | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-6304 | |
Peninnis Lighthouse | Peninnis Head |
Cornwall | 1911[48] | 14 m (46 ft)[48] | 36 m (118 ft)[48] | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[48] | Trinity House[48] | 114-8 | |
Plover Scar Lighthouse | Cockersand Abbey |
Lancashire | 1847 | 8 m (26 ft) | 6 m (20 ft) | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) | Lancaster Port Commission | 114-5144 | |
Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse | Plymouth Breakwater |
Devon | 1844[49] | 23 m (75 ft) | 19 m (62 ft)[13] | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[13] (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[13] (red) | Ministry of Defence (from 1993), Trinity House (until 1993) | 114-148 | |
Portishead Point Lighthouse | Portishead |
Somerset | 1931 | 9 m (30 ft) | 9 m (30 ft)[11] | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[11] | Port of Bristol | 114-6144 | |
Portland Bill Lighthouse | Portland Bill [50] |
Dorset | 1903 | 41 m (135 ft) | 43 m (141 ft)[11] | 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-0448 | |
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse | Isle of Portland |
Dorset | 1905 | 22 m (72 ft) | 22 m (72 ft) | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) | Portland Harbour Authority | 114-0464 | |
Rampside Lighthouse | Rampside [51] |
Lancashire | 1875 | 16 m (52 ft) | 14 m (46 ft) | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) | Port of Barrow | 114-5076 | |
Ramsgate West Pier Lighthouse | Ramsgate[52] [52] |
Kent | 1842 | 11 m (36 ft) | 12 m (39 ft) | 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) | Port of Ramsgate | 114-1348 | |
Roker Pier lighthouse | Roker |
County Durham | 1903 | 23 m (75 ft) | 25 m (82 ft) | 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi) | Port of Sunderland | 114-2084 | |
Round Island Lighthouse | Tresco[53] [53] |
Cornwall | 1887 | 19 m (62 ft) | 55 m (180 ft)[11] | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-16 | |
Royal Sovereign Lighthouse | Eastbourne |
Sussex | 1971[54] | 36 m (118 ft)[54] | 28 m (92 ft)[13] | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[13] | Trinity House[54] | 114-1144 | |
St Anthony's Lighthouse | St Anthony Head [55] |
Cornwall | 1835[56] | 19 m (62 ft)[57] | 22 m (72 ft)[11][57] | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[11] (white), 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[11] (red) | Trinity House[57] | 114-68[13] | |
St Bees Lighthouse | St Bees Head |
Cumberland | 1822[58] | 17 m (56 ft) | 102 m (335 ft)[11][13] | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[11][13] | Trinity House[58] | 114-4892[13] | |
St. Catherine's Lighthouse | St. Catherine's Point |
Isle of Wight | 1838[59] | 27 m (89 ft) | 41 m (135 ft)[11] | 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-1064 | |
Scarborough Lighthouse | Scarborough[60] [60] |
Yorkshire | 1931 | 15 m (49 ft) | 17 m (56 ft) | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) | Scarborough Borough Council | 114-1976 | |
Shoreham Lighthouse | Kingston by Sea [61] |
Sussex | 1846 | 12 m (39 ft) | 13 m (43 ft) | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) | Shoreham Port Authority | 114-1116 | |
South Gare Lighthouse | South Gare |
Yorkshire | 1884 | 13 m (43 ft) | 16 m (52 ft) | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) (white), 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) (red) | PD Ports[62] | 114-2020 | |
Southwold Lighthouse | Southwold[63] [63] |
Suffolk | 1887[64] | 31 m (102 ft)[64] | 37 m (121 ft)[11][64] | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)[11][64] | Trinity House[64] | 114-1588 | |
Start Point Lighthouse | Start Point [65] |
Devon | 1836 | 28 m (92 ft) | 62 m (203 ft),[11] 55 m (180 ft)[11] | 25 nmi (46 km; 29 mi)[11] (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[11] (red) | Trinity House | 114-0324 | |
Tater Du Lighthouse | Tregurnow |
Cornwall | 1965 | 15 m (49 ft) | 34 m (112 ft)[11][13] | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)[11] | Trinity House | 114-0032 | |
Teignmouth Lighthouse | Teignmouth[66] [66] |
Devon | 1845 | 6 m (20 ft) | 10 m (33 ft)[13] | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[13] | Teignmouth Harbour Commission | 114-392[13] | |
Thorngumbald Clough High Lighthouse | Paull[67] [67] |
Yorkshire | 1870 | 15 m (49 ft) | 13 m (43 ft)[13] | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[13] | Port of Hull[f] | 114-1932 | |
Thorngumbald Clough Low Lighthouse | Paull[68] [68] |
Yorkshire | 1870 | 9 m (30 ft) | 8 m (26 ft)[13] | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[13] | Port of Hull[f] | 114-1928 | |
Trevose Head Lighthouse | Trevose Head [69] |
Cornwall | 1847[70] | 27 m (89 ft)[70] | 62 m (203 ft)[11][70] | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi)[11][70] | Trinity House[70] | 114-6272[13] | |
Tynemouth North Pier light | Tynemouth |
Northumberland | 1903 | 23 m (75 ft) | 26 m (85 ft)[13] | 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)[13] | Port of Tyne | 114-2104 | |
Tyne South Pier light | South Shields |
County Durham | 1895 | 12 m (39 ft) | 15 m (49 ft) | 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) | Port of Tyne | 114-2108 | |
Walney Lighthouse | Walney Island |
Lancashire | 1804 | 24 m (79 ft) | 21 m (69 ft)[11] | 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi)[11] | Lancaster Port Commission | 114-5052 | |
Watchet Harbour Lighthouse | Watchet |
Somerset | 1862 | 7 m (23 ft) | 9 m (30 ft) | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) | Watchet Marina | 114-6196 | |
Whitby Lighthouse | Whitby |
Yorkshire | 1858[71] | 13 m (43 ft)[71] | 73 m (240 ft)[11] | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[11][71] | Trinity House[71] | 114-1992[13] | |
Whitby East Pier beacon | Whitby [72] |
Yorkshire | 1914 | 7 m (23 ft) | 12 m (39 ft)[13] | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[13] | Scarborough Borough Council | 114-1988 | |
Whitby West Pier beacon | Whitby [72] |
Yorkshire | 1914 | 7 m (23 ft) | 12 m (39 ft)[13] | 5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[13] | Scarborough Borough Council | 114-1984 | |
Whitby East Pier Lighthouse | Whitby,[73] North Yorkshire [73] |
Yorkshire | 1855 | 17 m (56 ft) | Whitby Harbour Board | ||||
Whitby West Pier Lighthouse | Whitby[74] [74] |
Yorkshire | 1831 | 25 m (82 ft) | Whitby Harbour Board | ||||
West Pier Lighthouse | Whitehaven [75] |
Cumberland | 1839 | 14 m (46 ft) | 16 m (52 ft)[13] | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[13] | Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners | 114-4880 | |
Whitgift Lighthouse | Whitgift [76] |
Yorkshire | 14 m (46 ft) | 12 m (39 ft) | Associated British Ports | ||||
Wolf Rock Lighthouse | Wolf Rock |
Cornwall | 1869[77] | 41 m (135 ft)[77] | 34 m (112 ft)[13][77] | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[13][77] | Trinity House[77] | 114-28 |
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