List of lighthouses in Wales

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

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Active lighthouses

NameImageLocationYear builtTower height (in metres)Focal height [lower-alpha 1] (in metres)Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Trwyn Du Lighthouse (1).jpg Llangoed
18382919 [4] 12 [4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Point Lynas Lighthouse (2).jpg Llaneilian
18351139 [4] 18 [4]
Skerries Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg The Skerries Lighthouse (Ynys Y Moelrhoniaid) off NW Anglesey. - geograph.org.uk - 96494.jpg Cylch-y-Garn
17172336 [4] [5] (white), 26 [5] (red)20 [4] [5] (white), 10 [5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Breakwater Lighthouse, Holyhead, Holy Island (507266) (33070276475).jpg Holyhead, Holyhead
18731921 [4] 14 [4]
South Stack Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg South Stack Lighthouse, Wales-28May2007b.jpg Isle of Anglesey
1809 [6] 28 [6] 60 [4] 24 [4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Tower - geograph.org.uk - 259680.jpg Rhosyr
18th century512 [4] 7 [4] (white), 4 [4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Goleudy Enlli-Bardsey lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 341213.jpg Aberdaron
18213039 [4] 26 [4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg St Tudwal's Lighthouse - geograph-4438265-by-Rude-Health-.jpg Llanengan, Gwynedd [7]
1877 [8] 11 [8] 46 [4] 14 [4] (white), 10 [4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Strumble Head Lighthouse (26349374910).jpg Pembrokeshire
19081745 [4] 26 [4]
South Bishop Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg On MV Inishmore - View to South Bishop Lighthouse (geograph 5614683).jpg St David's and the Cathedral Close
18391144 [4] 16 [4]
Smalls Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Smalls Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 1767931.jpg Marloes and St Brides
[9]
1861 [10] 41 [10] 36 [4] [5] (white), 33 [5] (red)18 [4] [5] (white), 13 [5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Skokholm Lighthouse - geograph - 1856348 - by - Bob-Jones.jpg Marloes and St Brides
19161854 [4] 8 [4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg St Ann's Head Lighthouse (26112091356).jpg Pembrokeshire
18411348 [4] 18 [4] (white), 17 [4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Track to Great Castle Head - geograph.org.uk - 1544328.jpg St Ishmael's
1870527 [5] 5 [5] (white), 3 [5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Little Castle Head Beacon - geograph.org.uk - 1025312.jpg Pembrokeshire
[11]
2653 [5] 15 [5]
Watwick Point Beacon   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg The Watwick Beacon - geograph.org.uk - 722561.jpg Pembrokeshire, Dale
19705080 [4] 15 [4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg West Blockhouse Point Beacons (geograph 4175279).jpg Pembrokeshire
195714
Caldey Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Caldey Island Lighthouse (6493).jpg Tenby
18291665 [4] 13 [4] (white), 9 [4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Harbour entrance at low tide, Saundersfoot - geograph.org.uk - 1222394.jpg Pembrokeshire
1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Burry Port Lighthouse, Carmarthenshire, Wales.jpg Pembrey and Burry Port Town
[12]
18427 [4] 7 [13]
Mumbles Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg MumblesLighthouse2.jpg Swansea, Mumbles
17941735 [4] 15 [4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Porthcawlwave2013.jpg Porthcawl
1860910 [5] 6 [5] (white), 4 [5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Nash Point Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 359450.jpg St Donats
18313756 [4] 21 [4] (white), 16 [4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Flatholm Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 900719.jpg Butetown
17373050 [4] 15 [4] (white), 12 [4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Approach to Barry (2126176665).jpg Vale of Glamorgan
1890912 [5] 10 [5]
Monkstone Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Monkstone - Fast boat ride.jpg Vale of Glamorgan
18392313 [4] 12 [4]
East Usk Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg East Usk Lighthouse 2012-02-12.jpg Newport
18931111 [4] 11 [4] (white), 10 [4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses

NameImageLocationYear builtDecommissionedTower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Goleudy Talacre a thywynau Gronant - Point of Ayr Lighthouse and Talacre and Gronant Dunes SSSI 13.jpg Llanasa
184418
Great Orme Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg The Lamp suite of the Llandudano Lighthouse Hotel.jpg Gwynedd, Llandudno
198511
Amlwch Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Amlwch Lighthouse 01.jpg Amlwch Community
1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Holyhead Mail Pier Light (2).jpg Holyhead, Holyhead
15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse.jpg Rhosyr
197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg St Ann's Head Lighthouse (26112091356).jpg Pembrokeshire
1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Whiteford lighthouse near 072006 rb.jpg Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg Old Lighthouse at Nash Point - geograph.org.uk - 379022.jpg St Donats
1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg West Usk Lighthouse.jpg Wentlooge
192217

See also

Notes

  1. height of the light above water level

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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.
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