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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]

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Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

Active lighthouses edit

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 (in metres) Focal height (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse   Llangoed
53°18′46″N 4°2′26″W		18382919[4]12[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse   Llaneilian
53°24′58″N 4°17′21″W		18351139[4]18[4]
Skerries Lighthouse   Cylch-y-Garn
53°25′16″N 4°36′29″W		17172336[4][5] (white), 26[5] (red)20[4][5] (white), 10[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse   Holyhead, Holyhead
53°19′51″N 4°37′9″W		18731921[4]14[4]
South Stack Lighthouse   Isle of Anglesey
53°18′24″N 4°41′58″W		1809[6]28[6]60[4]24[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse   Rhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		18th century512[4]7[4] (white), 4[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse   Aberdaron
52°45′0″N 4°48′0″W		18213039[4]26[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse   Llanengan, Gwynedd[7]
52°47′55″N 4°28′17″W		1877[8]11[8]46[4]14[4] (white), 10[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse   Pembrokeshire
52°1′47″N 5°4′26″W		19081745[4]26[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse   St David's and the Cathedral Close
51°51′10″N 5°24′43″W		18391144[4]16[4]
Smalls Lighthouse   Marloes and St Brides
51°43′16″N 5°40′11″W[9]		1861[10]41[10]36[4][5] (white), 33[5] (red)18[4][5] (white), 13[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse   Marloes and St Brides
51°41′38″N 5°17′13″W		19161854[4]8[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse   Pembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		18411348[4]18[4] (white), 17[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light   St Ishmael's
51°42′41″N 5°7′4″W		1870527[5]5[5] (white), 3[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light   Pembrokeshire
51°43′2″N 5°6′35″W[11]		2653[5]15[5]
Watwick Point Beacon   Pembrokeshire, Dale
51°41′46″N 5°9′14″W		19705080[4]15[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons   Pembrokeshire
51°41′18″N 5°9′33″W		195714
Caldey Lighthouse   Tenby
51°37′54″N 4°41′3″W		18291665[4]13[4] (white), 9[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse   Pembrokeshire
51°42′36″N 4°41′42″W		1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse   Pembrey and Burry Port Town
51°40′39″N 4°15′4″W[12]		18427[4]7[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse   Swansea, Mumbles
51°34′0″N 3°58′16″W		17941735[4]15[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse   Porthcawl
51°28′23″N 3°41′59″W		1860910[5]6[5] (white), 4[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse   St Donats
51°24′3″N 3°33′8″W		18313756[4]21[4] (white), 16[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse   Butetown
51°22′30″N 3°7′1″W		17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse   Vale of Glamorgan
51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W		1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse   Vale of Glamorgan
51°24′53″N 3°6′0″W		18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse   Newport
51°32′24″N 2°58′1″W		18931111[4]11[4] (white), 10[4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses edit

Lighthouse Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse   Llanasa
53°21′25″N 3°19′20″W		184418
Great Orme Lighthouse   Gwynedd, Llandudno
53°20′32″N 3°52′8″W		198511
Amlwch Lighthouse   Amlwch Community
53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W		1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse   Holyhead, Holyhead
53°18′51″N 4°37′12″W		15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse   Rhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse   Pembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse   Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
51°39′9″N 4°15′4″W		1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse   St Donats
51°24′4″N 3°33′24″W		1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse   Wentlooge
51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W		192217

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
  6. ^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/south-stack-lighthouse
  7. ^ https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=17928
  8. ^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse
  9. ^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
  10. ^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse
  11. ^ MarineTraffic, Wikidata Q18518862
  12. ^ https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1556377974
  13. ^ https://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=114&featureNumber=5748&includeRemovals=false&output=html

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