Best of South West England
The 20 best lighthouses in South West England
Our curated top 20 lighthouses in South West England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 54 lighthouses see the full lighthouses index for South West England.
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Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse
Devon
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse (also called the Countisbury Foreland Lighthouse, after the nearby village) is located on Foreland Point; it was originally simply named 'The Foreland Lighthouse'. First l
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Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse
The Low Lighthouse is one of three historic lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, and the only one of the three which is still active. It is a Grade II listed building and stands on the fo
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Round Island Lighthouse
Round Island Lighthouse (Cornish: Golowji an Voth "the hump lighthouse"), in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of bui
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Smeaton's Tower
Smeaton's Tower is the reconstructed upper section of the third Eddystone Lighthouse, now a memorial to its designer, civil engineer John Smeaton. A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's
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Hartland Point Lighthouse
Devon
Hartland Point Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building at Hartland Point, Devon, England. The point marks the western limit (on the English side) of the Bristol Channel with the Atlantic Ocean contin
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Lizard Lighthouse
The Lizard Lighthouse (Cornish: Golowji Lysardh) is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to pe
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Godrevy Lighthouse
Godrevy Lighthouse (Cornish: Golowji Godrevi) was built in 1858–1859 on Godrevy Island in St Ives Bay, Cornwall. Standing approximately 300 metres (980 ft) off Godrevy Head, it marks the Stones reef,
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Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
The High lighthouse or pillar lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. A Grade II listed building, it is no longer functional as a lighthouse and has been converted
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Peninnis Lighthouse
Details This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 5 June 2024 to amend details in the description and reformat the text to current standards SV91SW 1358-0/4/35 ST. MARY'S Peninnis Head Ligh
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Bishop Rock Lighthouse
Details This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 6 June 2024 to amend details in the description and reformat the text to current standards SV80NW 1358-0/5/7 ST. AGNES Bishop Rock Lighthou
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Huer's Hut, Portreath
Details The monument includes a coastguard look-out tower, situated on the northern tip of cliffs, to the north of Portreath Harbour south of Horse Rock coastal stack. The tower survives as tapering c
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Lundy North Lighthouse
Details SS14NW 1938-0/1/2 LUNDY Lundy North Lighthouse including engine house and accommodation block II Lighthouse.1897 for Trinity House. Granite rendered and blocked out. Flat roofs behind parapets
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Lundy Old Light
Devon
Details The monument includes a disused lighthouse on the summit of Beacon Hill, the highest point of Lundy. The monument is linked to the keeper's house and a small complex of buildings within a wall
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Lundy South Lighthouse
Devon
Details SS14SW 1938-0/2/3 LUNDY Lundy South Lighthouse including engine house and accommodation block. II Lighthouse.1897 for Trinity House. Granite, rendered and blocked out. Flat roof behind parapet
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St Anthony Head
St Anthony Head is a National Trust property situated at the southernmost tip of the Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, overlooking the entrance to one of the world's largest natur
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