List of lighthouses in Wales

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

Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

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 Focal height Range
Trwyn Du Lighthouse Isle of Anglesey, Penmon
🌍		183829 m (95 ft)19 m (62 ft)[4]12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse Llaneilian
🌍		183511 m (36 ft)39 m (128 ft)[4]18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[4]
Skerries Lighthouse Cylch-y-Garn
🌍		171723 m (75 ft)36 m (118 ft)[4][5] (white), 26 m (85 ft)[5] (red)20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)[4][5] (white), 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse Holyhead, Holyhead
🌍		187319 m (62 ft)21 m (69 ft)[4]14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[4]
South Stack Lighthouse Isle of Anglesey
🌍		1809[6]28 m (92 ft)[6]60 m (200 ft)[4]24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse Rhosyr
🌍		18455 m (16 ft)12 m (39 ft)[4]7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)[4] (white), 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse Aberdaron
🌍		182130 m (98 ft)39 m (128 ft)[4]26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse Llanengan
🌍		187711 m (36 ft)46 m (151 ft)[4]14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)[4] (white), 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
🌍		190817 m (56 ft)45 m (148 ft)[4]26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse St David's and the Cathedral Close
🌍		183911 m (36 ft)44 m (144 ft)[4]16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[4]
Smalls Lighthouse Marloes and St Brides
🌍[7]		1861[8]41 m (135 ft)[8]36 m (118 ft)[4][5] (white), 33 m (108 ft)[5] (red)18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[4][5] (white), 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse Marloes and St Brides
🌍		191618 m (59 ft)54 m (177 ft)[4]8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
🌍		184113 m (43 ft)48 m (157 ft)[4]18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)[4] (white), 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light St Ishmael's
🌍		18705 m (16 ft)27 m (89 ft)[5]5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[5] (white), 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi)[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light Pembrokeshire
🌍[9]		26 m (85 ft)53 m (174 ft)[5]15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[5]
Watwick Point Beacon Pembrokeshire, Dale
🌍		197050 m (160 ft)80 m (260 ft)[4]15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons Pembrokeshire
🌍		195714 m (46 ft)
Caldey Lighthouse Tenby
🌍		182916 m (52 ft)65 m (213 ft)[4]13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)[4] (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
🌍		18485 m (16 ft)7 m (23 ft)7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Burry Port Lighthouse Pembrey and Burry Port Town
🌍		18427 m (23 ft)[4]7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Mumbles Lighthouse Swansea, Mumbles
🌍		179417 m (56 ft)35 m (115 ft)[4]15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse Porthcawl
🌍		18609 m (30 ft)10 m (33 ft)[5]6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)[5] (white), 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse St Donats
🌍		183137 m (121 ft)56 m (184 ft)[4]21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi)[4] (white), 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi)[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse City and County of Cardiff
🌍		173730 m (98 ft)50 m (160 ft)[4]15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)[4] (white), 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse Vale of Glamorgan
🌍[9], 🌍		18909 m (30 ft)12 m (39 ft)[5]10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Vale of Glamorgan
🌍		183923 m (75 ft)13 m (43 ft)[4]12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)[4]
East Usk Lighthouse City of Newport
🌍		189311 m (36 ft)11 m (36 ft)[4]11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi)[4] (white), 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)[4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses
Lighthouse Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height
Point of Ayr Lighthouse Llanasa
🌍		1776184418 m (59 ft)
Great Orme Lighthouse Gwynedd, Llandudno
🌍		1862198511 m (36 ft)
Amlwch Lighthouse Amlwch Community
🌍		1817197211 m (36 ft)
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse Holyhead, Holyhead
🌍		182115 m (49 ft)
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse Rhosyr
🌍		1873197510 m (33 ft)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
🌍		1844191013 m (43 ft)
Whiteford Lighthouse City and County of Swansea
🌍		1865192614 m (46 ft)
Old Nash Point Lighthouse St Donats
🌍		18321900s20 m (66 ft)
West Usk Lighthouse Wentlooge
🌍		1821192217 m (56 ft)

See also

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. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
  8. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse
  9. MarineTraffic, Wikidata Q18518862
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