List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses explained

This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. Former NLB lighthouses now disposed of are not included in the list.

Scotland (except principal island groups)

Minor lights

• Ardtornish
• Bass Rock
• Cailleach Head
• Cairnbulg Briggs
• Corran Narrows North East
• Corran Point
• Craigton Point
• Dunollie
• Elie Ness
• Hestan Island
• Holy Island (Inner)
• Lady Isle
• Little Ross
• Little Ross Beacon
• Loch Eriboll
• Loch Ryan
• Longman Point
• Oban NLB Pier
• Sandaig
• Sgeir Bhuidhe
• Sula Sgeir
• Turnberry

The Hebrides

Major lighthouses

• Barra Head
• Butt of Lewis
• Dubh Artach
• Eilean Glas
• Flannan Islands
  • Hyskeir
• Lismore
• Monach
• Neist Point
  • Rinns of Islay
  • Ruvaal
• Scarinish
• Skerryvore
• Tiumpan Head
• Ushenish

Minor lights

• An T-Iasgair
• Ardmore
• Ardtreck
• Bunessan
• Cabbage North
• Cabbage South
• Cairn na Burgh More
• Cairns of Coll
• Calvay
• Canna
• Carragh an t'Sruith
• Carragh Mhor
• Channel Rock (Castlebay)
• Crowlin
• Drowning Rock
• Duart Point
• Dubh Sgeir (Castlebay)
• Dubh Sgeir (Kerrera)
• Dubh Sgeir (Leverburgh)
• Dubh Sgeir (Luing)
• Dunvegan
• Eigg
• Eight Metre Rock
• Eilean a Chuirn
• Eilean Bàn
• Eilean nan Gabhar
• Eilean Trodday
• Eileanan Dubha
• Eyre Point
• Fladda
• Gamhna Gigha
• The Garvellachs
• Gasay Island
• Gasker
• Green Island
• Grey Rocks
• Janes Tower
• Kyle Rhea
• L2
• L2a
• Lady Rock
• Leverburgh (Front)
• Leverburgh (Rear)
• Loch Indaal (Rubh an Duin)
• McArthur's Head
• Milaid Point
• Na Cuiltean
• Narstay
• North Spit Of Kerrera
• Ornsay Beacon
• Port Ellen Sector
• Red Rock
• Reisa an T-struith
• Ruadh Sgeir
• Rubh'a Chruidh
• Rubh Glas (Front)
• Rubh Glas (Rear)
• Rubh Uisenis
• Rubha nan Gall
• Scalasaig
• Sgeir Chruaidh
• Sgeir-na-Cailleach
• Skervuile
• Sleat Point
• Vaternish
• Weavers Point

Orkney

Major lighthouses

• Auskerry
• Brough of Birsay
• Cantick Head
• Copinsay
• Hoy Sound (High)
• Hoy Sound (Low)
• North Ronaldsay
• Noup Head
• Pentland Skerries
• Start Point
• Tor Ness

Minor lights

• Barrel of Butter
• Calf of Eday
• Cava
• Helliar Holm
• Hoxa Head
• Lother Rock
• Papa Stronsay
• Roseness
• Ruff Reef
• Skerry of Ness
• Swona

Shetland

Major lighthouses

• Bressay
• Eshaness
• Fair Isle North
• Fair Isle South
• Firths Voe
• Foula
• Muckle Flugga
• Out Skerries
• Point of Fethaland
• Sumburgh Head

Minor lights

• Bagi Stack
• Balta Sound
• Brother Isle
• Bullia Skerry
• Fugla Ness
• Gruney
• Head Of Mula
• Hillswick
• Holm Of Skaw
• Hoo Stack
• Little Holm
• Lunna Holm
• Mousa
• Muckle Holm
• Muckle Roe
• Muckle Skerry
• Mull of Eswick
• Ness Of Sound
• Outer Skerry
• Rova Head
• Rumble Rock
• Skate of Marrister
• Suther Ness
• Symbister Ness
• Uyea Sound
• Vaila Sound
• Ve Skerries
• Wether Holm
• Whitehill

Isle of Man

Major lighthouses

• Chicken Rock
• Douglas Head
• Maughold Head
• Point of Ayre

Minor lights

• Langness
• Thousla Rock

See also

• List of lighthouses in Scotland

References

• Web site: Northern Lighthouse Board: Lighthouses. Northern Lighthouse Board. 2 August 2012. 4 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120604185539/http://www.nlb.org.uk/Navigation/PhysicalAids/Lighthouses/. dead.
• The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses' Aids to Navigation Map 2012