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List of lighthouses in Wales

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Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

This is a list of lighthouses in Wales. The list runs anticlockwise from north-east to south-east Wales.[1][2][3]

Active lighthouses[edit]

Lighthouse Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height[a] (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangoed
53°18′46″N 4°2′26″W		18382919[4]12[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlaneilian
53°24′58″N 4°17′21″W		18351139[4]18[4]
Skerries Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataCylch-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 Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
53°19′51″N 4°37′9″W		18731921[4]14[4]
South Stack Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataIsle of Anglesey
53°18′24″N 4°41′58″W		1809[6]28[6]60[4]24[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		18th century512[4]7[4] (white), 4[4] (Red)
Bardsey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAberdaron
52°45′0″N 4°48′0″W		18213039[4]26[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanengan, 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 Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
52°1′47″N 5°4′26″W		19081745[4]26[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt David's and the Cathedral Close
51°51′10″N 5°24′43″W		18391144[4]16[4]
Smalls Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataMarloes 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 Edit this on WikidataMarloes and St Brides
51°41′38″N 5°17′13″W		19161854[4]8[4] (white Red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		18411348[4]18[4] (white), 17[4] (Red)
Great Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataSt Ishmael's
51°42′41″N 5°7′4″W		1870527[5]5[5] (white), 3[5] (Red green)
Little Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
51°43′2″N 5°6′35″W[11]		2653[5]15[5]
Watwick Point Beacon Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire, Dale
51°41′46″N 5°9′14″W		19705080[4]15[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
51°41′18″N 5°9′33″W		195714
Caldey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataTenby
51°37′54″N 4°41′3″W		18291665[4]13[4] (white), 9[4] (Red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
51°42′36″N 4°41′42″W		1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrey and Burry Port Town
51°40′39″N 4°15′4″W[12]		18427[4]7[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSwansea, Mumbles
51°34′0″N 3°58′16″W		17941735[4]15[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPorthcawl
51°28′23″N 3°41′59″W		1860910[5]6[5] (white), 4[5] (Red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
51°24′3″N 3°33′8″W		18313756[4]21[4] (white), 16[4] (Red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataButetown
51°22′30″N 3°7′1″W		17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (Red)
Barry Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataVale of Glamorgan
51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W		1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataVale of Glamorgan
51°24′53″N 3°6′0″W		18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataNewport
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 Edit this on WikidataLlanasa
53°21′25″N 3°19′20″W		184418
Great Orme Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataGwynedd, Llandudno
53°20′32″N 3°52′8″W		198511
Amlwch Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAmlwch Community
53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W		1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
53°18′51″N 4°37′12″W		15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
51°39′9″N 4°15′4″W		1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
51°24′4″N 3°33′24″W		1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataWentlooge
51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W		192217

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ height of the light above water level

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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