Coastal lighthouses in Cornwall B = Bishop Rock |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | North Yorkshire 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] | North Yorkshire 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] | North Yorkshire Council | 114-1984 |
| Whitby East Pier Lighthouse | | Whitby, [73] North Yorkshire [73] | Yorkshire | 1855 | 17 m (56 ft) | Whitby Harbour Board[ clarification needed ] | |||
| Whitby West Pier Lighthouse | | Whitby [74] [74] | Yorkshire | 1831 | 25 m (82 ft) | Whitby Harbour Board[ clarification needed ] | |||
| 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 |