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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

Lighthouse Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height [a] (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Llangoed
53°18′46″N 4°2′26″W		18382919 [4]12 [4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Llaneilian
53°24′58″N 4°17′21″W		18351139 [4]18 [4]
Skerries Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Cylch-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 Wikidata Holyhead, Holyhead
53°19′51″N 4°37′9″W		18731921 [4]14 [4]
South Stack Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Isle 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 Wikidata Rhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		18th century512 [4]7 [4] (white), 4 [4] (Red)
Bardsey Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Aberdaron
52°45′0″N 4°48′0″W		18213039 [4]26 [4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Llanengan, 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 Wikidata Pembrokeshire
52°1′47″N 5°4′26″W		19081745 [4]26 [4]
South Bishop Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata St David's and the Cathedral Close
51°51′10″N 5°24′43″W		18391144 [4]16 [4]
Smalls Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Marloes 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 Wikidata Marloes 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 Wikidata Pembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		18411348 [4]18 [4] (white), 17 [4] (Red)
Great Castle Head Light  Edit this on Wikidata St 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 Wikidata Pembrokeshire
51°43′2″N 5°6′35″W [11]		2653 [5]15 [5]
Watwick Point Beacon  Edit this on Wikidata Pembrokeshire, Dale
51°41′46″N 5°9′14″W		19705080 [4]15 [4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons  Edit this on Wikidata Pembrokeshire
51°41′18″N 5°9′33″W		195714
Caldey Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Tenby
51°37′54″N 4°41′3″W		18291665 [4]13 [4] (white), 9 [4] (Red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Pembrokeshire
51°42′36″N 4°41′42″W		1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Pembrey and Burry Port Town
51°40′39″N 4°15′4″W [12]		18427 [4]7 [13]
Mumbles Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Swansea, Mumbles
51°34′0″N 3°58′16″W		17941735 [4]15 [4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Porthcawl
51°28′23″N 3°41′59″W		1860910 [5]6 [5] (white), 4 [5] (Red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata St Donats
51°24′3″N 3°33′8″W		18313756 [4]21 [4] (white), 16 [4] (Red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Butetown
51°22′30″N 3°7′1″W		17373050 [4]15 [4] (white), 12 [4] (Red)
Barry Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Vale of Glamorgan
51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W		1890912 [5]10 [5]
Monkstone Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Vale of Glamorgan
51°24′53″N 3°6′0″W		18392313 [4]12 [4]
East Usk Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Newport
51°32′24″N 2°58′1″W		18931111 [4]11 [4] (white), 10 [4] (Red green)

Inactive lighthouses

Lighthouse Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Llanasa
53°21′25″N 3°19′20″W		184418
Great Orme Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Gwynedd, Llandudno
53°20′32″N 3°52′8″W		198511
Amlwch Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Amlwch Community
53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W		1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Holyhead, Holyhead
53°18′51″N 4°37′12″W		15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Rhosyr
53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Pembrokeshire
51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W		1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
51°39′9″N 4°15′4″W		1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata St Donats
51°24′4″N 3°33′24″W		1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse  Edit this on Wikidata Wentlooge
51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W		192217

See also

Notes

  1. ^ height of the light above water level

References

  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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