| Skokholm Lighthouse Ynys Scogholm | |
| Location: | Skokholm Island Pembrokeshire Wales United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 51.6938°N -5.2869°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1916 |
| Automated: | 1983 |
| Construction: | masonry tower |
| Shape: | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern on a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Marking: | white tower and lantern |
| Height: | 18m (59feet) |
| Focalheight: | 54m (177feet) |
| Lens: | 4th Order (250mm) catadioptric rotating |
| Intensity: | 742 candela |
| Characteristic: | Fl WR 10s. |
| Managingagent: | Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales [1] [2] |
Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Skokholm Island, just off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
This small island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales and is the site of the United Kingdom's first bird observatory. A great variety of birds can be found on this uninhabited island.
The present lighthouse was constructed over several years up to 1915 and was officially opened in 1916. Forming a triangle of lights with South Bishop and the Smalls to protect shipping moving into and out of Milford Haven and the Bristol Channel, the lighthouse shines .
Construction of the present lighthouse was only enabled after the construction of a new jetty. This enabled building materials to be landed, which were then moved to the site using a narrow gauge railway, initially powered by a donkey, then a pony, and finally a tractor. Once in operation, relief was provided by boat from Holyhead. Automated in 1983, it is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex.[3]