List of lighthouses in Wales

Point Lynas

Skerries

South Stack

Bardsey

Strumble Head

South Bishop

St.Ann's Head

Mumbles

Nash Point

Flat Holm

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Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

This is a list of lighthouses in Wales . The list runs anticlockwise from north-east to south-east Wales. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Active lighthouses

In this table, the 'focal height' is the height of the light above water level whilst 'nmi' signifies nautical miles.

Lighthouse	Image	Location	Year built	Tower height (in metres)	Focal height (in metres)	Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse		Isle of Anglesey, Penmon 53°18′46″N 4°2′26″W	1838	29	19 [4]	12 [4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse		Llaneilian 53°24′58″N 4°17′21″W	1835	11	39 [4]	18 [4]
Skerries Lighthouse		Cylch-y-Garn 53°25′16″N 4°36′29″W	1717	23	36 [4] [5] (white), 26 [5] (red)	20 [4] [5] (white), 10 [5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse		Holyhead, Holyhead 53°19′51″N 4°37′9″W	1873	19	21 [4]	14 [4]
South Stack Lighthouse		Isle of Anglesey 53°18′24″N 4°41′58″W	1809 [6]	28 [6]	60 [4]	24 [4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse		Rhosyr 53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W	18th century	5	12 [4]	7 [4] (white), 4 [4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse		Aberdaron 52°45′0″N 4°48′0″W	1821	30	39 [4]	26 [4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse		Llanengan, Gwynedd [7] 52°47′55″N 4°28′17″W	1877 [8]	11 [8]	46 [4]	14 [4] (white), 10 [4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse		Pembrokeshire 52°1′47″N 5°4′26″W	1908	17	45 [4]	26 [4]
South Bishop Lighthouse		St David's and the Cathedral Close 51°51′10″N 5°24′43″W	1839	11	44 [4]	16 [4]
Smalls Lighthouse		Marloes and St Brides 51°43′16″N 5°40′11″W [9]	1861 [10]	41 [10]	36 [4] [5] (white), 33 [5] (red)	18 [4] [5] (white), 13 [5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse		Marloes and St Brides 51°41′38″N 5°17′13″W	1916	18	54 [4]	8 [4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse		Pembrokeshire 51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W	1841	13	48 [4]	18 [4] (white), 17 [4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light		St Ishmael's 51°42′41″N 5°7′4″W	1870	5	27 [5]	5 [5] (white), 3 [5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light		Pembrokeshire 51°43′2″N 5°6′35″W [11]		26	53 [5]	15 [5]
Watwick Point Beacon		Pembrokeshire, Dale 51°41′46″N 5°9′14″W	1970	50	80 [4]	15 [4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons		Pembrokeshire 51°41′18″N 5°9′33″W	1957	14
Caldey Lighthouse		Tenby 51°37′54″N 4°41′3″W	1829	16	65 [4]	13 [4] (white), 9 [4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse		Pembrokeshire 51°42′36″N 4°41′42″W	1848	5	7	7
Burry Port Lighthouse		Pembrey and Burry Port Town 51°40′39″N 4°15′4″W	1842		7 [4]	7
Mumbles Lighthouse		Swansea, Mumbles 51°34′0″N 3°58′16″W	1794	17	35 [4]	15 [4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse		Porthcawl 51°28′23″N 3°41′59″W	1860	9	10 [5]	6 [5] (white), 4 [5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse		St Donats 51°24′3″N 3°33′8″W	1831	37	56 [4]	21 [4] (white), 16 [4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse		City and County of Cardiff 51°22′30″N 3°7′1″W	1737	30	50 [4]	15 [4] (white), 12 [4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse		Vale of Glamorgan 51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W [11] , 51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W	1890	9	12 [5]	10 [5]
Monkstone Lighthouse		Vale of Glamorgan 51°24′53″N 3°6′0″W	1839	23	13 [4]	12 [4]
East Usk Lighthouse		City of Newport 51°32′24″N 2°58′1″W	1893	11	11 [4]	11 [4] (white), 10 [4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses

Lighthouse	Image	Location	Year built	Decommissioned	Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse		Llanasa 53°21′25″N 3°19′20″W		1844	18
Great Orme Lighthouse		Gwynedd, Llandudno 53°20′32″N 3°52′8″W		1985	11
Amlwch Lighthouse		Amlwch Community 53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W	1817	1972	11
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse		Holyhead, Holyhead 53°18′51″N 4°37′12″W			15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse		Rhosyr 53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		1975	10
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse		Pembrokeshire 51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W	1844	1910	13
Whiteford Lighthouse		City and County of Swansea 51°39′9″N 4°15′4″W	1865	1926	14
Old Nash Point Lighthouse		St Donats 51°24′4″N 3°33′24″W		1900s	20
West Usk Lighthouse		Wentlooge 51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W		1922	17

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels
• List of lighthouses in England
• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• List of lighthouses in the Isle of Man
• List of lighthouses in Ireland

References

1. Douglas Bland Hague (1994). Hughes, Stephen (ed.). Lighthouses of Wales: Their Architecture and Archaeology. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. pp. 1–. ISBN   978-1-871184-08-2.
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 78.
4. Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN   978-1-4081-9330-3. OL   32692860M. Wikidata   Q25198336.
5. NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata   Q13872896
6. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/south-stack-lighthouse
7. https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=17928
8. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse
9. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
10. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse
11. MarineTraffic, Wikidata   Q18518862

External links

• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in English and Welsh