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Name Image Location coordinates County First lit Decommissioned Tower height Former operator(s) Belle Tout Lighthouse: Beachy Head 50°44′18″N 0°12′52″E
The first lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks was an octagonal wooden structure built by Henry Winstanley. The lighthouse was also the first recorded instance of an offshore lighthouse. [6] Construction started in 1696 and the light was lit on 14 November 1698.
Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland. Lists of lighthouses in the United Kingdom cover lighthouses, structures that emit light to serve as navigational aids, in the United Kingdom. They are organized by region.
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England. [1] [2] (It was generally known as Souter Point Lighthouse when in service).Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day.
Cliffs at Flamborough Head The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. Built in 1669, this is the oldest surviving complete lighthouse in England. Flamborough Head (/ ˈ f l æ m b ər ə /) is a promontory, 8 miles (13 km) long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea.
St Bees head and lighthouse, engraving 1842 by WH Bartlett. The first lighthouse on the site began its life in 1718 on land bought by Trinity House, one of the UK's general lighthouse authorities. It was constructed by Thomas Lutwi[d]ge, who paid a lease of £20 per year for the site.
Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse.A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's structure was in use from 1759 to 1877, until erosion of the ledge it was built upon forced new construction.
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. [4] It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape ) in the North Sea , 11 miles (18 km) east of the Firth of Tay .