Lighthouses and lightvessels

Trinity House's world famous lighthouses are often sited in spectacular locations, performing a vital role in the safety of mariners in all weathers.

Trinity House maintains over 60 lighthouses around England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. These highly visual aids to navigation range from isolated offshore towers exposed to the open sea — such as Eddystone, Bishop Rock or Longstone lighthouses — to shore-based stations in some of the nation's most beautiful locations, such as Lizard, Bardsey, Nash Point and Peninnis lighthouses.

Alderney Lighthouse

South

Alderney Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1912 in order to act as a guide to passing shipping and to warn vessels of the treacherous waters around the island

Anvil Point Lighthouse

South

Anvil Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1881 to give a waypoint for vessels on passage along the English Channel coast

Bamburgh Lighthouse

East

Bamburgh Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1910 to guide shipping along the Northumberland coast and in the waters around the Farne Islands

Bardsey Lighthouse

West

Bardsey Lighthouse was established by Trinity House in 1821; it marks Bardsey Island and is a waypoint for vessels north and southbound in St George’s Channel

Beachy Head Lighthouse

South

Beachy Head Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1902 to guide passing vessels along the cliffs marking the seaward termination of the Sussex Downs

Berry Head Lighthouse

South

Berry Head Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 as part of a chain of south coast beacons, atop an extensive limestone headland above near-perpendicular cliffs

Bishop Rock Lighthouse

South

Bishop Rock Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1858—and further strengthened in 1887—to mark a rock ledge 46m long by 16m wide, four miles west of the Isles of Scilly

Bull Point Lighthouse

West

Bull Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1975—replacing an earlier light built in 1879—to guide vessels navigating off the North Devon coast

Caldey Island Lighthouse

West

Caldey Island Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1829, guiding coastal shipping past the St. Gowan Shoals and the Helwick Sands

Casquets Lighthouse

South

Casquets Lighthouse was built in 1724 upon the dangerous 'Rocks called the Casketts' off Alderney after shipowners petitioned the proprietor of the rocks

Coquet Lighthouse

East

Coquet Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1841 on the south western shore of Coquet Island, a small low tract of green pastureland lying off the Northumberland coast

Cromer Lighthouse

East

The present tower at Cromer was built by Trinity House in 1833 on a hilly area of the Norfolk coast known as the Cromer Ridge, to act as a guide for passing shipping

Crow Point Lighthouse

West

Crow Point Lighthouse was built as an unmanned structure in 1954 as a guide to vessels navigating the Taw and Torridge estuary in North Devon

Dungeness Lighthouse

South

Dungeness Lighthouse was built in 1961 as the latest in a long succession of lighthouses lying at the southernmost point of Kent

Eddystone Lighthouse

South

Eddystone Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1882, the fourth lighthouse to mark the small but dangerous Eddystone Rocks 13 miles south west of Plymouth

Europa Point Lighthouse

South

Europa Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1841 at the southernmost point of Gibraltar, the gateway between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Farne Island Lighthouse

East

Farne Island Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1811 off the coast of Northumberland to guide ships through the hazardous archipelago of islands situated in the main deep water coastal shipping lanes

Flamborough Head Lighthouse

East

Flamborough Head Lighthouse was built in 1806 to guide deep sea vessels and coastal traffic and mark the headland for vessels heading for Scarborough and Bridlington

Flatholm Lighthouse

West

Flatholm Lighthouse was built in 1737 in the busy shipping lanes where the Bristol Channel meets the Severn Estuary; the tower was re-engineered in 1820 and 1866

Godrevy Lighthouse

South

Godrevy Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1859 marking a dangerous reef off St. Ives called the Stones; the light was moved to an adjacent steel structure in 2012

Guile Point Lighthouse

East

Guile Point Lighthouse—along with nearby Heugh Hill Lighthouse—is a lighted stone obelisk providing a lead for vessels entering Holy Island Harbour

Hartland Point Lighthouse

West

Hartland Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1874 as a guide to vessels approaching the Bristol Channel

Heugh Hill Lighthouse

East

Heugh Hill Lighthouse—along with nearby Guile Point Lighthouse—is a framework tower with a red daymark providing a lead for vessels entering Holy Island Harbour

Hilbre Island Lighthouse

West

Hilbre Island Lighthouse is a white steel tower surmounted by a red lantern, built in 1927 to provide a port land mark for the Hilbre Swash in the River Dee Estuary

Hurst Point Lighthouse

South

Hurst Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1867 to guide vessels through the hazardous western approaches to the Solent

Instow Front Lighthouse

West

Instow Front Lighthouse was established in conjunction with Instow Rear Lighthouse to provide a leading line for vessels travelling into theTaw and Torridge Estuary

Instow Rear Lighthouse

West

Instow Rear Lighthouse was established in conjunction with Instow Front Lighthouse to provide a leading line for vessels travelling into the Taw and Torridge Estuary

Les Hanois Lighthouse

South

Les Hanois Lighthouse—built by Trinity House in 1862—marks the shoals and reefs off Guernsey and gives a position fix for ships entering the Channel Traffic Separation Scheme

Lizard Lighthouse

South

Lizard Lighthouse was built by private entrepreneur Thomas Fonnereau in 1752, marking the most southerly point of mainland Britain

Longships Lighthouse

South

Longships Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1875 to replace a shorter tower built upon rocks at the extreme south-west of Britain’s mainland

Longstone Lighthouse

East

Longstone Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1826 on the Longstone Rock for the welfare of shipping off the Northumberland coast

Lowestoft Lighthouse

East

Lowestoft Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1874, the latest in a series of towers established in 1609 to safeguard vessels along this dangerous stretch of the East coast

Lundy North Lighthouse

West

Lundy North Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1897 to mark Lundy Island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel along with Lundy South Lighthouse

Lundy South Lighthouse

West

Lundy South Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1897 to mark Lundy Island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel along with Lundy North Lighthouse

Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse

West

Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1900 as a further aid to navigation in the Bristol Channel, 20 miles east of Bull Point

Monkstone Lighthouse

West

Monkstone Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1859 in the Bristol Channel, replacing a cast iron unlighted beacon established in 1839

Mumbles Lighthouse

West

Mumbles Lighthouse was built in 1794 to guide vessels along the coast and into Swansea Bay, past the hazards of the Mixon Shoal ½ mile to the South

Nab Tower Lighthouse

South

Nab Tower Lighthouse was built in 1918 as part of a series of unfinished First World War defences, and then used from 1920 to replace the Nab Lightvessel

Nash Point Lighthouse

West

Nash Point Lighthouse was one of two lighthouses built by Trinity House in 1832 to successfully assist mariners clear of the Nash Sands

Needles Lighthouse

South

Needles Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1859, replacing the cliff-top lighthouse established in 1785 to guide ships making their way up the Solent

North Foreland Lighthouse

East

North Foreland Lighthouse was built in 1691 upon a promontory of the nearly perpendicular cliffs of the Isle of Thanet, first lit by fire in 1499

Pendeen Lighthouse

South

Pendeen Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1900 to guide vessels around the inhospitable shoreline from Pendeen to Gurnards Head

Peninnis Lighthouse

South

Peninnis Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1911 on St. Mary’s Island in the Isles of Scilly, superseding the St. Agnes established in 1680

Point Lynas Lighthouse

West

Point Lynas Lighthouse was built in 1835 on the north coast of Anglesey in North Wales, replacing a lighted pilots’ lookout established in 1766

Portland Bill Lighthouse

South

Portland Bill Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1906 to guide vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel

Round Island Lighthouse

South

Round Island Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1887 atop a 40m mass of granite, marking the most northerly outpost of the Isles of Scilly

Sark Lighthouse

South

Sark Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1913 to guide vessels passing through the Channel Islands away from the pinnacle of Blanchard Rock

Skerries Lighthouse

West

Skerries Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1717 to guide shipping past the low tract of submerged land north east of Holyhead

Skokholm Lighthouse

West

Skokholm Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1916, safeguarding ships along this stretch of coastline into Milford Haven or up the Bristol Channel

Smalls Lighthouse

West

Smalls Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1861 as a guide and hazard warning to vessels along the Pembrokeshire coastline

South Bishop Lighthouse

West

South Bishop Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1839 as a guide and hazard warning to vessels along the Pembrokeshire coastline

South Stack Lighthouse

West

South Stack Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1809, marking a tiny islet off Anglesey at the north west tip of Wales

Southwold Lighthouse

East

Southwold Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1887 as a coastal mark for passing shipping and as a guide for vessels sailing into Southwold Harbour

St. Ann's Head Lighthouse

West

St. Ann’s Head Lighthouse was built in 1844 to guide shipping bound for Milford Haven, replacing two leading lights established in 1714

St. Anthony Lighthouse

South

St. Anthony Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1835 at the eastern entrance to Falmouth Harbour, guiding vessels clear of the Manacles

St. Bees Lighthouse

West

St. Bees Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1822 upon a high promontory to guide vessels trading between the ports of Wales and the Solway Firth

St. Catherine's Lighthouse

South

St. Catherine’s Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1838 to guide shipping in the Channel as well as vessels approaching the Solent

St. Tudwal's Lighthouse

West

St. Tudwal’s Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1877 on the small island of St. Tudwal, marking the north end of Cardigan Bay

Start Point Lighthouse

South

Start Point Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1836, marking one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English Coast

Strumble Head Lighthouse

West

Strumble Head Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1908, marking the dangerous stretch of coast for vessels between Ireland and Wales

Tater Du Lighthouse

South

Tater Du Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1965, marking a headland on the south Cornwall coast to the west of Penzance

Trevose Head Lighthouse

South

Trevose Head Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1847 as a guide for vessels in the Bristol Channel

Trwyn Du Lighthouse

West

Trwyn Du Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1838 to mark the north entrance to the Menai Strait

Whitby Lighthouse

East

Whitby Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1858, originally one of a pair of leading lights marking nearby Whitby Rock

Wolf Rock Lighthouse

South

Wolf Rock Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1869, marking the hazardous rock eight nautical miles off Land’s End