List of lighthouses in England explained

This is a list of lighthouses in England. It includes lighthouses which are no longer in use as a light but are still standing. It also includes some of the harbour and pier-head lights around the country.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Details of several 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.^[8] Locations of major lighthouses are shown on the adjacent map.__TOC__

Active lighthouses

Name	Image	Location & coordinates	County	data-sort-type="number"	Year built	data-sort-type="number"	Tower height	data-sort-type="number"	Focal height	data-sort-type="number"	Range	Operator	NGA number
scope='row'	Anvil Point Lighthouse		Anvil Point	Dorset	1881				Trinity House	114-0544
scope='row'	Bamburgh Lighthouse		Bamburgh	Northumberland	1910^[9]			(white), (red green)	Trinity House	114-2252
scope='row'	Beachy Head Lighthouse		Beachy Head	Sussex	1902				Trinity House	114-1140
scope='row'	Berkeley Pill Front light		Severn Estuary	Gloucestershire	1937				Gloucester Harbour Trustees
scope='row'	Berkeley Pill Rear light		Severn Estuary	Gloucestershire	1937				Gloucester Harbour Trustees
scope='row'	Berry Head Lighthouse		Berry Head	Devon	1906				Trinity House	114-0344
scope='row'	Berwick Lighthouse		Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	1826				Port of Berwick	114-2264
scope='row'	Bishop Rock Lighthouse		Bishop Rock	Cornwall	1858^[10]				Trinity House	114-4
scope='row'	Bull Point Lighthouse		Mortehoe	Devon	1879				Trinity House	114-6228
scope='row'	Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse		Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	1832				Somerset Council	114-6172
scope='row'	Chapel Rock Lighthouse		Gloucestershire	Gloucestershire	1907				Gloucester Harbour Trustees	114-5994
scope='row'	Coquet Lighthouse		Hauxley	Northumberland	1841^[11]			(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-2228
scope='row'	Cromer Lighthouse		Cromer	Norfolk	1833^[12]				Trinity House	114-1676
scope='row'	Crow Point Lighthouse		Braunton Burrows	Devon	1954			(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-6240
scope='row'	Dungeness Lighthouse		Dungeness	Kent	1961				Trinity House	114-1220
scope='row'	Eddystone Lighthouse		Eddystone Rocks	Cornwall	1882^[13]		,	(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-132
scope='row'	Farne Lighthouse		Farne Islands	Northumberland	1811^[14]			(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-2256
scope='row'	Flamborough Head Lighthouse		Flamborough	Yorkshire	1806				Trinity House, East Riding of Yorkshire Council	114-1964
scope='row'	Pharos Lighthouse		Fleetwood	Lancashire	1840				Port of Fleetwood	114-5156
scope='row'	Beach Lighthouse		Fleetwood	Lancashire	1840				Port of Fleetwood	114-5152
scope='row'	Folkestone Lighthouse		Folkestone	Kent	1860				Folkestone Harbour	114-1228
scope='row'	Godrevy Lighthouse		St Ives	Cornwall	1 Mar 1859				Trinity House	114-6284
scope='row'	Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse		Gorleston-on-Sea	Norfolk	1955				Great Yarmouth Port Authority	114-1624
scope='row'	Guile Point East Lighthouse		Lindisfarne	Northumberland	1859^[15]				Trinity House (from Nov 1995), Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until Nov 1995)	114-2262
scope='row'	Happisburgh Lighthouse		Happisburgh	Norfolk	1791				Trinity House (until 1990), Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust (from 1990)	114-1668
scope='row'	Hartland Point Lighthouse		Hartland Point	Devon	1874				Trinity House	114-6252
scope='row'	Heugh Lighthouse		Hartlepool	County Durham	1927				PD Ports	114-2056
scope='row'	Herd Groyne Light		South Shields	County Durham	1882			(white), (green red)	Port of Tyne	114-2112
scope='row'	Heugh Hill Lighthouse		Lindisfarne	Northumberland	1826^[16]				Trinity House	114-2263
scope='row'	Hilbre Island Lighthouse		Hilbre Island	Merseyside	1927^[17]				Trinity House	114-5380
scope='row'	Hurst Point Lighthouse		Hurst Castle	Hampshire	1867		,	130NaN0	Trinity House	114-0596
scope='row'	Ilfracombe Lighthouse		Ilfracombe	Devon	1819				Ilfracombe Harbour Board	114-6220
scope='row'	Instow Front Lighthouse		Instow	Devon	1820		^[18]		Trinity House
scope='row'	Instow Rear Lighthouse		Instow	Devon	1820		^[19]		Trinity House	114-6236
scope='row'	Killingholme High Lighthouse		South Killingholme	Lincolnshire	1876				Port of Immingham	114-1916
scope='row'	Killingholme South Low Lighthouse		South Killingholme	Lincolnshire	1836				Port of Immingham	114-1912
scope='row'	Lizard Lighthouse		Lizard Point	Cornwall	1751				Trinity House	114-0064
scope='row'	Longships Lighthouse		Longships	Cornwall	1875			(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-0024
scope='row'	Longstone Lighthouse		Farne Islands	Northumberland	1826^[20]			,	Trinity House	114-2260
scope='row'	Lowestoft Lighthouse		Lowestoft	Suffolk	1874^[21]				Trinity House	114-1620
scope='row'	Lundy North Lighthouse		Torridge, Lundy	Devon	1897^[22]				Trinity House	114-6244
scope='row'	Lundy South Lighthouse		Torridge, Lundy	Devon	1897^[23]				Trinity House	114-6248
scope='row'	Lyde Rock lighthouse		Severn Estuary	Gloucestershire	2008				Gloucester Harbour Trustees
scope='row'	Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse		Foreland Point	Devon	1900				Trinity House	114-6208
scope='row'	Maryport New Lighthouse		Maryport	Cumberland	1996	,			Trinity House (until 2010), Maryport Harbour Authority (from 2010)	114-4860
scope='row'	Nab Tower		Nab Rock	style="text-align:center;"	-	1918^[24]				Trinity House	114-1048
scope='row'	Needles Lighthouse		Alum Bay	Isle of Wight	1859				Trinity House	114-0584
scope='row'	North Foreland Lighthouse		North Foreland	Kent	1691^[25]			190NaN0	Trinity House	114-1364
scope='row'	Pendeen Lighthouse		Pendeen	Cornwall	1900				Trinity House	114-6304
scope='row'	Peninnis Lighthouse		Peninnis Head	Cornwall	1911^[26]				Trinity House	114-8
scope='row'	Plover Scar Lighthouse		Cockersand Abbey	Lancashire	1847				Lancaster Port Commission	114-5144
scope='row'	Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse		Plymouth Breakwater	Devon	1844			(white), (red)	Ministry of Defence (from 1993), Trinity House (until 1993)	114-148
scope='row'	Portishead Point Lighthouse		Portishead	Somerset	1931				Port of Bristol	114-6144
scope='row'	Portland Bill Lighthouse		Portland Bill	Dorset	1903				Trinity House	114-0448
scope='row'	Portland Breakwater Lighthouse		Isle of Portland	Dorset	1905				Portland Harbour Authority	114-0464
scope='row'	Rampside Lighthouse		Rampside	Lancashire	1875				Port of Barrow	114-5076
scope='row'	Ramsgate West Pier Lighthouse		Ramsgate	Kent	1842				Port of Ramsgate	114-1348
scope='row'	Roker Pier lighthouse		Roker	County Durham	1903				Port of Sunderland	114-2084
scope='row'	Round Island Lighthouse		Tresco	Cornwall	1887				Trinity House	114-16
scope='row'	Royal Sovereign Lighthouse		Eastbourne	Sussex	1971^[27]				Trinity House	114-1144
scope='row'	St Anthony's Lighthouse		St Anthony Head	Cornwall	1835^[28]	^[29]		(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-68
scope='row'	St Bees Lighthouse		St Bees Head	Cumberland	1822^[30]				Trinity House	114-4892
scope='row'	St. Catherine's Lighthouse		St. Catherine's Point	Isle of Wight	1838				Trinity House	114-1064
scope='row'	Scarborough Lighthouse		Scarborough	Yorkshire	1931				Scarborough Borough Council	114-1976
scope='row'	Shoreham Lighthouse		Kingston by Sea	Sussex	1846				Shoreham Port Authority	114-1116
scope='row'	South Gare Lighthouse		South Gare	Yorkshire	1884			(white), (red)	PD Ports^[31]	114-2020
scope='row'	Southwold Lighthouse		Southwold	Suffolk	1887^[32]				Trinity House	114-1588
scope='row'	Start Point Lighthouse		Start Point	Devon	1836		,	(white), (red)	Trinity House	114-0324
scope='row'	Tater Du Lighthouse		Tregurnow	Cornwall	1965				Trinity House	114-0032
scope='row'	Teignmouth Lighthouse		Teignmouth	Devon	1845				Teignmouth Harbour Commission	114-392
scope='row'	Thorngumbald Clough High Lighthouse		Paull	Yorkshire	1870				Port of Hull	114-1932
scope='row'	Thorngumbald Clough Low Lighthouse		Paull	Yorkshire	1870				Port of Hull	114-1928
scope='row'	Trevose Head Lighthouse		Trevose Head	Cornwall	1847^[33]				Trinity House	114-6272
scope='row'	Tynemouth North Pier light		Tynemouth	Northumberland	1903				Port of Tyne	114-2104
scope='row'	Tyne South Pier light		South Shields	County Durham	1895				Port of Tyne	114-2108
scope='row'	Walney Lighthouse		Walney Island	Lancashire	1804				Lancaster Port Commission	114-5052
scope='row'	Watchet Harbour Lighthouse		Watchet	Somerset	1862				Watchet Marina	114-6196
scope='row'	Whitby Lighthouse		Whitby	Yorkshire	1858^[34]				Trinity House	114-1992
scope='row'	Whitby East Pier beacon		Whitby	Yorkshire	1914				Scarborough Borough Council	114-1988
scope='row'	Whitby West Pier beacon		Whitby	Yorkshire	1914				Scarborough Borough Council	114-1984
scope='row'	Whitby East Pier Lighthouse		Whitby, North Yorkshire	Yorkshire	1855				Whitby Harbour Board
scope='row'	Whitby West Pier Lighthouse		Whitby	Yorkshire	1831				Whitby Harbour Board
scope='row'	West Pier Lighthouse		Whitehaven	Cumberland	1839				Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners	114-4880
scope='row'	Whitgift Lighthouse		Whitgift	Yorkshire					Associated British Ports
scope='row'	Wolf Rock Lighthouse		Wolf Rock	Cornwall	1869^[35]				Trinity House	114-28

Inactive lighthouses

Name	Image	Location coordinates	County	data-sort-type="number"	First lit	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	Tower height	Former operator(s)
scope='row'	Belle Tout Lighthouse		Beachy Head	Sussex	1834	1902^[36]		Trinity House (until 1902)
scope='row'	Bidston Lighthouse		Bidston Hill	Cheshire	1873	1913		Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (until 1913)
scope='row'	Black Nore Lighthouse		Portishead	Somerset	1894	2010		Trinity House (until Sep 2010)
scope='row'	Blyth High Light		Blyth	Northumberland	1788	1985
scope='row'	Trinity Buoy Wharf		London Borough of Tower Hamlets	Middlesex	1863	1988		Trinity House (until Dec 1988)
scope='row'	Brownsman Lighthouse		Farne Islands	Northumberland	1811	1826		Trinity House (from 1811 until 1826)
scope='row'	Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse		Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	1832	1996		Trinity House (until 1993)
scope='row'	Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower		Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	1801	1832		Trinity House (from 1829 until Dec 1832)
scope='row'	Chalk Tower		Flamborough Head	Yorkshire	1674	n/a
scope='row'	Dovercourt High Light		Dovercourt	Essex	1863	1917		Trinity House (until 1917)
scope='row'	Dovercourt Low Light		Dovercourt	Essex	1863	1917		Trinity House (until 1917)
scope='row'	Dubris Pharos		Dover Castle	Kent	2nd century
scope='row'	Dungeness Old Lighthouse		Dungeness	Kent	1904	1961		Trinity House (until 1961)
scope='row'	Egypt Point light		Egypt Point	Isle of Wight	1897	1989		Trinity House (until 1989)
scope='row'	Ellesmere Port Lighthouse		Ellesmere Port	Cheshire	1880	1894^[37]
scope='row'	Fish Quay High Light		North Shields Fish Quay	Northumberland	1807	1999		Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1990s), Port of Tyne
scope='row'	Fish Quay Low Light		North Shields Fish Quay	Northumberland	1807	1999		Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1990s), Port of Tyne
scope='row'	Fish Quay Old High Light		North Shields Fish Quay	Northumberland	1727	1810		Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1810)
scope='row'	Fish Quay Old Low Light		North Shields Fish Quay	Northumberland	1727	1810		Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1810), Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust
scope='row'	Gorleston Lighthouse		Gorleston-on-Sea	Norfolk	1878	2007		Great Yarmouth Port Authority (until 2007)
scope='row'	Gunfleet Lighthouse		Frinton-on-Sea	Essex	1850	1921
scope='row'	Hale Head Lighthouse		Hale	Cheshire	1906	1958
scope='row'	Harwich High Lighthouse		Harwich	Essex	1818	1863		Trinity House (until 1863), The Harwich Society
scope='row'	Harwich Low Lighthouse		Harwich	Essex	1818	1863		Trinity House (until 1863)
scope='row'	Hodbarrow Beacon		Millom	Cumberland	1866	1905		Hodbarrow Mining Company (until 1905)
scope='row'	Hodbarrow Haverigg Lighthouse		Haverigg	Cumberland	1905	1949		Hodbarrow Mining Company (until 1946), Hodbarrow Nature Reserve
scope='row'	Hoylake Lighthouse		Hoylake, Wirral	Cheshire	1865	14 May 1886		Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (until 1886)
scope='row'	Old Hunstanton Lighthouse		Hunstanton	Norfolk	1840	1922		Trinity House (until 1922)
scope='row'	Killingholme North Low Lighthouse		South Killingholme	Lincolnshire	1851	1920		Hull Trinity House (until 1920)
scope='row'	Leasowe Lighthouse		Leasowe	Cheshire	1763	1908		Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (until 1908)
scope='row'	Lundy Old Light		Torridge, Lundy	Devon	1820	1897		Trinity House (until 1897)
scope='row'	Maryport Old Lighthouse		Maryport	Cumberland	1846	1996
scope='row'	New Brighton Lighthouse		New Brighton	Cheshire	1830	1973		Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (until 1973)
scope='row'	Orfordness Lighthouse		Orford Ness	Suffolk	1792	2013		Trinity House (until 2013)
scope='row'	Pakefield Lighthouse		Pakefield	Suffolk	1832	1864		Trinity House (until 1864)
scope='row'	Paull Lighthouse		Paull	Yorkshire	1836	1870		Hull Trinity House (until 1870)
scope='row'	Portland Bill High Light		Portland Bill	Dorset	1869	1906		Trinity House (until 1906)
scope='row'	Portland Bill Low Light		Portland Bill	Dorset	1869	1906		Trinity House (until 1906)
scope='row'	St Agnes Lighthouse		St Agnes	Cornwall	1680	1911		Trinity House
scope='row'	St Catherine's Oratory		St. Catherine's Down	Isle of Wight	1328	1547		English Heritage
scope='row'	St. Mary's Lighthouse		St Mary's Island	Northumberland	1898	1984		Trinity House (until 1984)
scope='row'	Seaton Carew Lighthouse		Hartlepool	County Durham	1838	1892		Tees Navigation Company (until 1892)
scope='row'	Smeaton's Tower		Plymouth Hoe	Devon	1759	1877		Trinity House (until 1879)
scope='row'	Souter Lighthouse		Marsden	County Durham	1871^[38]	1988		Trinity House (until 1984), National Trust
scope='row'	South Foreland Upper Lighthouse		South Foreland	Kent	1843	1988^[39]		Trinity House (until 1988)
scope='row'	South Foreland Lower Lighthouse		South Foreland	Kent	1846	1904		Trinity House (until 1910)
scope='row'	Southsea Castle lighthouse		Southsea Castle	Hampshire	1828	2017		Ministry of Defence (until 2017)
scope='row'	Spurn Lighthouse		Spurn Point	Yorkshire	1895	1985		Trinity House (until 1985)
scope='row'	Spurn Point Low Light		Spurn	Yorkshire	1852	1895		Trinity House (until 1895)
scope='row'	Winterton Lighthouse		Winterton-on-Sea	Norfolk	1840	1921		Trinity House (until 1921)
scope='row'	Withernsea Lighthouse		Withernsea	Yorkshire	1894	1972		Trinity House (until 1976)
scope='row'	Wyre Light		Fleetwood	Lancashire	1840	1979
scope='row'	West Bank Lighthouse		Sutton Bridge	Lincolnshire	1830s
scope='row'	East Bank Lighthouse		Sutton Bridge	Lincolnshire	1830s

See also

• Lists of lighthouses
• List of lighthouses in Wales
• List of lighthouses in Scotland
• List of lighthouses in the Isle of Man
• List of lighthouses in Ireland
• List of lighthouses in the Channel Islands

External links

• see Lighthouses of the British Isles
• lighthousesRus.org (England Page)

Notes and References

1. 21 July 2015.
2. 21 July 2015.
3. 21 July 2015.
4. 21 July 2015.
5. 21 July 2015.
6. 21 July 2015.
7. 21 July 2015.
8. Web site: Trinity House Gallery. 2005-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050406004115/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/index.html . 6 April 2005 . dmy-all .
9. Web site: Bamburgh Lighthouse. Trinity House.
10. Web site: Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Trinity House.
11. Web site: Coquet Lighthouse. Trinity House.
12. Web site: Cromer Lighthouse. Trinity House.
13. Web site: Eddystone Lighthouse. Trinity House.
14. Web site: Farne Island Lighthouse. Trinity House.
15. Web site: Guile Point Lighthouse. Trinity House.
16. Web site: Heugh Hill Lighthouse. Trinity House.
17. Web site: Hilbre Island Lighthouse. Trinity House.
18. Web site: Instow Front Lighthouse. Trinity House.
19. Web site: Instow Rear Lighthouse. Trinity House.
20. Web site: Longstone Lighthouse. Trinity House.
21. Web site: Lowestoft Lighthouse. Trinity House.
22. Web site: Lundy North Lighthouse. Trinity House.
23. Web site: Lundy South Lighthouse. Trinity House.
24. Web site: Nab Tower Lighthouse. Trinity House.
25. Web site: North Foreland Lighthouse. Trinity House.
26. Web site: Peninnis Lighthouse. Trinity House.
27. Web site: Royal Sovereign Lighthouse finishes its service. Trinity House. 24 March 2022. Neil. Jones.
28. Web site: St Anthony's Lighthouse . 5 August 2022 . 26 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121226093528/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/st_anthonys.html . dead .
29. Web site: St. Anthony Lighthouse. Trinity House.
30. Web site: St. Bees Lighthouse. Trinity House.
31. Web site: Lighthouses of Northeastern England. www.ibiblio.org.
32. Web site: Southwold Lighthouse. Trinity House.
33. Web site: Trevose Head Lighthouse. Trinity House.
34. Web site: Whitby Lighthouse. Trinity House.
35. Web site: Wolf Rock Lighthouse. Trinity House.
36. Web site: History. Belle Tout Lighthouse.
37. Web site: Lighthouse Compendium . 5 August 2022 . 22 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622152456/http://www.mycetes.co.uk/a/page92.html . dead .
38. Web site: Souter Lighthouse. National Trust Collections.
39. Web site: The Current lighthouse. National Trust.