List of lighthouses in England
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]
![]() ![]() Coquet ![]() N. Foreland ![]() S. Foreland ![]() St Catherine's Coastal lighthouses in England (except Cornwall) ![]() ![]() ![]() (Lights deactivated or demolished before 1970 are omitted.) |
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.
Active lighthouses
Inactive lighthouses
See also
Notes
- Inactive between 1969β1993.
- Previously operated by Trinity House.
- Previously operated by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House.
- Still listed by Trinity House, but light now mounted separately.
- Previously operated by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
- Previously operated by Hull Trinity House.
- Replaced by Beachy Head Lighthouse.
- Formerly used for lighting trials for Trinity House.
- Replaced by Longstone Lighthouse in 1826.
- Replaced by High & Low lights in 1832.
- Used as a daymark, but never lit.
- Also known as the Dover Pharos or Roman Pharos.
- Dating varies from AD 50 to 150.
- Replaced with Dungeness Lighthouse in 1961.
- Replaced by Dovercourt Lighthouses in 1863.
- Replaced by Hodbarrow Haverigg Lighthouse in 1905.
- Also known as Perch Rock.
- Replaced by Peninnis Lighthouse in 1911.
- Britain's only remaining medieval lighthouse.
- Rebuilt in Hartlepool in 1995.
- Moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe in 1883.
References
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northeastern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwest England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeastern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 1.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2005.
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- National Heritage List for England, Wikidata Q6973052
- NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/bishop-rock-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/coquet-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/cromer-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/eddystone-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/farne-island-lighthouse
- https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083399
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/guile-point-east-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/heugh-hill-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/hilbre-island-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/instow-front-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/instow-rear-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/longstone-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/lowestoft-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/lundy-north-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/lundy-south-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/nab-tower-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/north-foreland-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/peninnis-lighthouse
- Tom Nancollas (2018). Seashaken Houses. ISBN 978-1-84614-938-2. OL 28716637M. Wikidata Q80678896.
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/royal-sovereign-lighthouse
- http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/st_anthonys.html
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-anthonys-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-bees-lighthouse
- https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209275
- https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/engne.htm
- Russ Rowlett, Lighthouse Directory, Wikidata Q23581832
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/southwold-lighthouse
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/trevose-head
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/whitby-lighthouse
- Online List of Lights, Wikidata Q27101921
- https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/wolf-rock-lighthouse
- https://www.belletout.co.uk/information/history/
- https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083400
- http://www.mycetes.co.uk/a/page92.html
- http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/place/souter-lighthouse
- https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/south-foreland-lighthouse/features/the-current-lighthouse-
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- lighthousesRus.org (England Page)
- Trinity House official website
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