This is a list of lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

s in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It includes lighthouses which are no longer in use as a light but are still standing.

Details of all the 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

Trinity House

The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters...

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Cornwall

• Godrevy Lighthouse, St Ives
  St Ives, Cornwall
  St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...
  
  
• Lizard Lighthouse
  Lizard Lighthouse
  The Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Lizard Point in Cornwall, United Kingdom, built in 1752. A light was first exhibited from that point in 1619, but demolished in 1630. Trinity House took responsibility for the station in 1771...
  
  
• Longships Lighthouse, Longships
  Longships
  Longships is the name given to a group of rocky islets situated approximately 1 miles west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom....
  
  , Land's End
  Land's End
  Land's End is a headland and small settlement in west Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. It is located on the Penwith peninsula approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....
  
  
• Pendeen Lighthouse
  Pendeen Lighthouse
  Pendeen Lighthouse is located to the north of Pendeen in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. Designed by the Trinity House Engineer Sir Thomas Matthews, the 17 m tower, buildings and surrounding wall was constructed by Arthur Carkeek of Redruth. The five-wick Argand lamp provided by Messrs...
  
  
• St. Anthony's Lighthouse
  St. Anthony's Lighthouse
  St Anthony's Lighthouse is a lighthouse on St Anthony Head on the eastern coast of the entrance to the harbour of Falmouth, Cornwall.The lighthouse was built in 1835 by Olver of Falmouth. The light originally came from eight Argand oil lamps. The light source was changed to pressure vapour and...
  
  , St. Anthony's
• Tater Du Lighthouse
  Tater Du Lighthouse
  Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on the 23rd of October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives...
  
  
• Trevose Head Lighthouse
  Trevose Head Lighthouse
  Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at near Padstow. The tower is 27 metres tall, and has a range of , but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse, over away.-External links:*...
  
  
• Wolf Rock Lighthouse

Devon

• Berry Head Lighthouse
  Berry Head
  Berry Head is a coastal headland at the southern end of Torbay, to the southeast of Brixham, Devon, England.-National Nature Reserve:Berry Head to Sharkham Point is a haven for several nationally rare and threatened species which are dependent upon the thin limestone soils, mild climate and exposed...
  
  
• Bull Point Lighthouse
  Bull Point Lighthouse
  Bull Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Bull Point, about one mile north of the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon, England. The original lighthouse was constructed in 1879 after a group of local "clergy, ship-owners, merchants and landowners" appealed to Trinity House for one...
  
  
• Eddystone Lighthouse
  Eddystone Lighthouse
  Eddystone Lighthouse is on the treacherous Eddystone Rocks, south west of Rame Head, United Kingdom. While Rame Head is in Cornwall, the rocks are in Devon and composed of Precambrian Gneiss....
  
  , Plymouth
  Plymouth
  Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
  
  
• Hartland Point Lighthouse
  Hartland Point Lighthouse
  Hartland Point Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building at Hartland Point, Devon, England. The point marks the western limit of the Bristol Channel with the Atlantic Ocean continuing to the west....
  
  
• Smeaton's Tower
  Smeaton's Tower
  Smeaton's Tower is the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse. It marked a major step forward in the design of lighthouses. In use until 1877, it was largely dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in the city of Plymouth, Devon where it now stands as a memorial to its designer, John Smeaton,...
  
  , moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe
  Plymouth Hoe
  Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount...
  
   in 1882.
• Start Point lighthouse
  Start Point lighthouse
  Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to protect shipping off Start Point in south Devon England. Open to the public in summer months, it is a grade II listed building owned and operated by Trinity House.- Construction :...
  
  
• Lundy Island (Old Light)
• Lundy Island North
• Lundy Island South

Dorset

• Portland Bill
  Portland Bill
  Portland Bill is a narrow promontory of Portland stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland, and therefore also the county of Dorset, England....
  
   Lighthouse, Isle of Portland
  Isle of Portland
  The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and...
  
  , Dorset
  Dorset
  Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
  
   (visitors centre, automated light)

Gloucestershire

• Chapel Rock, Beachley
  Beachley
  Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the junction between the Rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge for the River Wye begins. The tidal drop here is one of the highest in the UK...
  
  
• Lyde Rock, Beachley
  Beachley
  Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the junction between the Rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge for the River Wye begins. The tidal drop here is one of the highest in the UK...
  
  
• Slime Road Range Rear, Beachley
  Beachley
  Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the junction between the Rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge for the River Wye begins. The tidal drop here is one of the highest in the UK...
  
  
• Sheperdine Range Rear
• Berkeley Pill Range Front
• Berkeley Pill Range Rear

Greater London

• Bow Creek Lighthouse
  Trinity Buoy Wharf
  Trinity Buoy Wharf, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is the site of London's only lighthouse, by the confluence of the River Thames and Bow Creek, at Leamouth. The lighthouse no longer functions, and is the home of various art projects such as Longplayer...
  
   (Used for lighting trials for Trinity House)

Kent

• South Foreland High/Low Lighthouses
• St. Margaret's Bay North Foreland
• Dungeness: two lighthouses (only one in operation)

Merseyside

• Bidston Hill Lighthouse
  Bidston Hill
  Bidston Hill is of heathland and woodland that contains historic buildings and ancient rock carvings. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, near the Birkenhead suburb of Bidston, in Merseyside, England...
  
   (no longer in use)
• Hilbre Island Lighthouse
  Hilbre Island
  Hilbre Island is the largest of a group of three islands at the mouth of the estuary of the River Dee, which is a part of the estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest. The island is currently uninhabited....
  
   off the Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
  
  
• Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
  
   (no longer in use as a light)
• New Brighton Lighthouse, Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral Peninsula
  Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
  
   (no longer in use)

Norfolk

• Cromer Lighthouse
  Cromer Lighthouse
  Cromer Lighthouse situated in the town of Cromer on the coast in the English county of Norfolk.-History:There has been a lighthouse on the cliff top at Foulness, east of the town of Cromer since 1669. Before this time a light was shone from the top of Cromer parish church to act as a guide to...
  
  
• Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse
  Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse
  Gorleston Lighthouse is located near mouth of River Yare in the town of Gorleston on sea in the English county of Norfolk. The lighthouse was built in 1878. Gorleston lighthouse carries two lights...
  
  
• Happisburgh Lighthouse
  Happisburgh Lighthouse
  Happisburgh Lighthouse in Happisburgh on the North Norfolk coast is the only independently operated lighthouse in Great Britain. It is also the oldest working lighthouse in East Anglia....
  
  
• Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
  Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
  Old Hunstanton Lighthouse is located in Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. The present lighthouse was built in 1840 although there has been a Lighthouse on the site since 1665. This first lighthouse was built of wood with an iron basket of burning coals as a light. Hunstanton...
  
   (no longer in use)
• Winterton Lighthouse
  Winterton Lighthouse
  Winterton Lighthouse is located in Winterton-on-Sea in the English county of Norfolk.-History:A Lighthouse has been known to have stood in this location since the 17th century...
  
   (no longer in use)

Northumberland

• Coquet Island
  Coquet Island, England
  Coquet Island is a small island of about , situated off Amble on the Northumberland coast, northeast England.The Island is owned by the Duke of Northumberland...
  
   Lighthouse, off Amble
  Amble
  Amble is a town, civil parish and seaport on the North Sea coast, in Northumberland, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Coquet, and the nearby Coquet Island is clearly visible from its beaches and harbour. The civil parish, which has town status, is called Amble by the Sea, and has a...
  
  
• Inner Farne Lighthouse
  Farne Islands
  The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. There are between 15 and 20 or more islands depending on the state of the tide. They are scattered about 2.5–7.5 km distant from the mainland, divided into two groups, the Inner Group and the Outer Group...
  
  , Farne Islands
• Staple Island Lighthouse
  Farne Islands
  The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. There are between 15 and 20 or more islands depending on the state of the tide. They are scattered about 2.5–7.5 km distant from the mainland, divided into two groups, the Inner Group and the Outer Group...
  
  , Farne Islands (no longer in use)
• Longstone Lighthouse
  Longstone Lighthouse
  Longstone Lighthouse was built and designed by Joseph Nelson in 1826, and was originally called the Outer Farne lighthouse.The site had a long history of need for a light. In the late 17th Century Sir John Clayton, and later, in 1755, Captain J. Blackett, requested a light for the island...
  
  , Farne Islands

Isles of Scilly

• Bishop Rock
  Bishop Rock
  Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly, known for its lighthouse, and listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's smallest island with a building on it....
  
   Lighthouse
• Round Island Light
• Sevenstones Lightship
  Sevenstones Lightship
  The Sevenstones Lightship is moored off the Seven Stones reef approximately 10 miles North East of the Isles of Scilly.-External links:**...
  
  

Somerset

• Avonmouth South Pier, Portbury
  Portbury
  Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England within the Unitary Authority of North Somerset.The parish includes the hamlet of Sheepway which is situated on the moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near...
  
  
• Blacknore Point, Portishead
  Portishead, Somerset
  Portishead is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset England. It has a population of 22,000, an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001 census, with a growth rate of 40 per cent, considerably in excess...
  
  
• Battery Point lighthouse, Portishead, Somerset
  Portishead, Somerset
  Portishead is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset England. It has a population of 22,000, an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001 census, with a growth rate of 40 per cent, considerably in excess...
  
  
• Burnham-on-Sea Low
  Burnham-on-Sea Low lighthouse
  The Low lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England and the only one which is still active. It is a Grade II listed building....
  
  
• Burnham-on-Sea High (Pillar Lighthouse)
  Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
  The High lighthouse or pillar lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. A Grade II listed building, it is no longer functional as a lighthouse and has been used as a private dwelling....
  
  
• Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower
  Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower
  The Round Tower was a lighthouse in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. It is now a private dwelling.Burnham-on-Sea is notable for its beach and mudflats, which are characteristic of Bridgwater Bay and the rest of the Bristol Channel where the tide can recede for over...
  
  
• St Andrew's Church, Burnham-on-Sea
  St Andrew's Church, Burnham-on-Sea
  St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church of Burnham-on-Sea in the English county of Somerset. Of medieval origins, the church is a grade I listed building, well known for its leaning tower.-History:...
  
  
• Watchet Harbour Lighthouse
  Watchet Harbour Lighthouse
  The Watchet Harbour Lighthouse is a marine navigational aid marking the entrance to a Marina within the historic town of Watchet, in Somerset, England....
  
  , Watchet
  Watchet
  Watchet is a harbour town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset, with an approximate population of 4,400. It is situated west of Bridgwater, north-west of Taunton, and east of Minehead. The parish includes the hamlet of Beggearn Huish...
  
  

Suffolk

• Lowestoft
• Orford Ness
  Orford Ness
  Orford Ness is a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Wier Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the mainland by the River Alde, and was formed by longshore...
  
  
• Southwold Lighthouse, Southwold
  Southwold
  Southwold is a town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around south of Lowestoft and north-east...
  
  

East Sussex

• Beachy Head lighthouse
  Beachy Head
  Beachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m above sea level. The peak allows views of the south...
  
  
• Belle Tout lighthouse
  Belle Tout lighthouse
  The Belle Tout lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse and British landmark located at Beachy Head, East Sussex. It has been called "Britain's most famous inhabited lighthouse" because of its striking location and use in film and television...
  
   (decommissioned - replaced by Beachy Head)
• Royal Sovereign lighthouse
  Royal Sovereign lighthouse
  Royal Sovereign lighthouse at Eastbourne is a lighthouse marking the Royal Sovereign shoal. Its distinctive shape is easily recognised as it comprises a large platform supported by a single pillar rising out of the water....
  
  

Tyne and Wear

• Souter Point Lighthouse (open to public)
• St. Mary's Lighthouse
  St. Mary's Lighthouse
  St. Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St. Mary's Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at periods of high tide....
  
   (no longer in use as a lighthouse, open to public)

East Yorkshire

• Flamborough Head lighthouse
  Flamborough Head
  Flamborough Head is a promontory of on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, and the resistance it offers to coastal erosion may be contrasted with the low coast of Holderness to the south...
  
   (two lighthouses although the older one never lit)
• Spurn Head
• Withernsea Lighthouse
  Withernsea Lighthouse
  Withernsea Lighthouse is an inland lighthouse that stands in the middle of the town of Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The lighthouse stands 127 feet high and took 18 months to build between 1892 and 1894...
  
   (no longer in use as a lighthouse, open to public)

North Yorkshire

• Scarborough lighthouse (not operated by Trinity House)
• Whitby lighthouse
  Whitby
  Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
  
  

External links

see Lighthouses of the British Isles

• lighthousesRus.org (England Page)