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 [lower-alpha 1] | 9 m (30 ft) | Somerset Council [lower-alpha 2] | 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) [lower-alpha 3] | 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 [lower-alpha 4] | 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] [lower-alpha 3] | 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] [lower-alpha 5] | 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 [lower-alpha 6] | 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 [lower-alpha 6] | 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 [lower-alpha 6] | 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 [lower-alpha 6] | 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 |
The Old Lower Lighthouse is a disused 19th century lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, southern England. It is located along the eastern side of Portland Bill. The lighthouse, including its boundary walls and coastguard house, became Grade II Listed in September 1978.
Bamburgh Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1910 to guide shipping both passing along the Northumberland coast and in the waters around the Farne Islands. It was extensively modernised in 1975 and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations and Planning Centre in Harwich. Routine maintenance is carried out by a local attendant. It is the most northerly land-based lighthouse in England.
Farne Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southern tip of Inner Farne. Built in the early 19th century, it still functions as a lighthouse and is managed by Trinity House. In 1910 it was one of the first Trinity House lighthouses to be automated.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. All four are listed buildings. They were sometimes known as the Fish Quay High and Low Lights, or as 'Fish Quay ' and 'Dockwray Square '.