List of lighthouses in Wales

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

Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

Active lighthouses
Lighthouse Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height[lower-alpha 1] (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse Llangoed
18382919[4]12[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse Llaneilian
18351139[4]18[4]
Skerries Lighthouse Cylch-y-Garn
17172336[4][5] (white), 26[5] (red)20[4][5] (white), 10[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse Holyhead, Holyhead
18731921[4]14[4]
South Stack Lighthouse Isle of Anglesey
1809[6]28[6]60[4]24[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse Rhosyr
18th century512[4]7[4] (white), 4[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse Aberdaron
18213039[4]26[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse Llanengan, Gwynedd[7]
1877[8]11[8]46[4]14[4] (white), 10[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
19081745[4]26[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse St David's and the Cathedral Close
18391144[4]16[4]
Smalls Lighthouse Marloes and St Brides
[9]		1861[10]41[10]36[4][5] (white), 33[5] (red)18[4][5] (white), 13[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse Marloes and St Brides
19161854[4]8[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
18411348[4]18[4] (white), 17[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light St Ishmael's
1870527[5]5[5] (white), 3[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light Pembrokeshire
[11]		2653[5]15[5]
Watwick Point Beacon Pembrokeshire, Dale
19705080[4]15[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons Pembrokeshire
195714
Caldey Lighthouse Tenby
18291665[4]13[4] (white), 9[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse Pembrey and Burry Port Town
[12]		18427[4]7[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse Swansea, Mumbles
17941735[4]15[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse Porthcawl
1860910[5]6[5] (white), 4[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse St Donats
18313756[4]21[4] (white), 16[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse Butetown
17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse Vale of Glamorgan
1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Vale of Glamorgan
18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse Newport
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 Llanasa
184418
Great Orme Lighthouse Gwynedd, Llandudno
198511
Amlwch Lighthouse Amlwch Community
1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse Holyhead, Holyhead
15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse Rhosyr
197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Pembrokeshire
1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse St Donats
1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse Wentlooge
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. Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.
  5. NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
  6. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/south-stack-lighthouse
  7. https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=17928
  8. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse
  9. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
  10. 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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