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]

Active lighthouses

Name Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height[a] (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangoed
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18382919[4]12[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlaneilian
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18351139[4]18[4]
Skerries Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataCylch-y-Garn
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17172336[4][5] (white), 26[5] (red)20[4][5] (white), 10[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
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18731921[4]14[4]
South Stack Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataIsle of Anglesey
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1809[6]28[6]60[4]24[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
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18th century512[4]7[4] (white), 4[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAberdaron
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18213039[4]26[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanengan, Gwynedd[7]
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1877[8]11[8]46[4]14[4] (white), 10[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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19081745[4]26[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt David's and the Cathedral Close
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18391144[4]16[4]
Smalls Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataMarloes and St Brides
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1861[10]41[10]36[4][5] (white), 33[5] (red)18[4][5] (white), 13[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataMarloes and St Brides
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19161854[4]8[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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18411348[4]18[4] (white), 17[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataSt Ishmael's
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1870527[5]5[5] (white), 3[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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2653[5]15[5]
Watwick Point Beacon Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire, Dale
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19705080[4]15[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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195714
Caldey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataTenby
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18291665[4]13[4] (white), 9[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrey and Burry Port Town
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18427[4]7[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSwansea, Mumbles
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17941735[4]15[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPorthcawl
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1860910[5]6[5] (white), 4[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
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18313756[4]21[4] (white), 16[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataButetown
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17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataThe Vale of Glamorgan
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1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataThe Vale of Glamorgan
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18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataNewport
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18931111[4]11[4] (white), 10[4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses

Name Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanasa
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184418
Great Orme Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataGwynedd, Llandudno
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198511
Amlwch Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAmlwch Community
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1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
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15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
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197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
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1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
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1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
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1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataWentlooge
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192217

See also

Notes

  1. ^ height of the light above water level

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. p. 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