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Beachy Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the English Channel below the cliffs of Beachy Head in East Sussex. It is 33 m (108 ft) in height and became operational in October 1902. [ 4 ] It was the last traditional-style 'rock tower' (i.e. offshore lighthouse) to be built by Trinity House .
Building lighthouses including Beachy Head Lighthouse Pendeen Watch Peninnis Lighthouse Portland Bill Lighthouse: Title: Engineer-in-Chief: Term: 1892 – 1915: Predecessor: Sir James Douglass: Spouse: Frances Matthews (nee Blackwall) Children: three sons and two daughters: Parent(s) John Matthews, Engineer and Borough Surveyor at Penzance ...
The Old Light House, Beachy Head (postcard c1920) by A. R. Quinton. The cliffs near Beachy Head saw numerous shipwrecks in the 17th and early 18th centuries and a petition to erect a lighthouse started around 1691. [4] The calls were ignored for over 100 years until The Thames, an East Indiaman, crashed into the rocks off Beachy Head.
Beachy Head is seen in the fourth series of Luther, a drama on BBC TV. [27] Beachy Head and its lighthouse serve as a key location in the 7th episode of the British series The Prisoner. Beachy Head is featured in the first episode of the second series of Black Mirror, "Be Right Back". [28] Beachy Head was used as the location for a Monty Python ...
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