Trevose Head Lighthouse
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Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse
on Trevose Head
on the north Cornish
coast at near Padstow
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The tower is 27 metres tall, and has a range of 20 nautical miles (37 km), but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse
, over 35 miles (56.3 km) away.
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....
on Trevose Head
Trevose Head
Trevose Head is a headland on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately west of Padstow. The South West Coast Path runs around the whole promontory and is within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Trevose Head Heritage Coast...
on the north Cornish
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
coast at near Padstow
Padstow
Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay...
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The tower is 27 metres tall, and has a range of 20 nautical miles (37 km), but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from 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...
, over 35 miles (56.3 km) away.