Best of Scottish Lowlands
The 18 best lighthouses in Scottish Lowlands
Our curated top 18 lighthouses in Scottish Lowlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 42 lighthouses see the full lighthouses index for Scottish Lowlands.
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Souter Lighthouse
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England. (It was generally known as Souter Point Lighthouse when in service). Souter Point was the first lighthouse
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St. Mary's Lighthouse
St Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St Mary's (or Bait) Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete
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Southerness lighthouse
Southerness Lighthouse is located at the village of Southerness in South West Scotland. It is at present the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland. The lighthouse was commissioned by the Town Council o
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Killantringan Lighthouse
Killantringan Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The light came into operation in 1900, and served as a waypoint in the North Channel of
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Turnberry Lighthouse
Turnberry Lighthouse, or Turnberry Point Lighthouse, is a category B listed minor light on the South Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It was designed by David and Thomas Stevenson and completed in 1873. It
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Corsewall Lighthouse
Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea.
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Ailsa Craig Lighthouse
The Ailsa Craig Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse located on Ailsa Craig, an island in the Firth of Clyde, just offshore from Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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South Gare Lighthouse
South Gare Lighthouse was built in 1884 at the end of the breakwater at South Gare north west of Redcar in North Yorkshire and in north eastern England.
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Blyth High Light
Details BLYTH BATH TERRACE NZ 3181 SE (back lane) 12/30 High Light (lighthouse attached 28.7.50 to rear wing of No.8) (formerly listed as High GV II Lighthouse) Lighthouse, 1780-90, heightened twice i
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Coquet Lighthouse
Details HAUXLEY COQUET ISLAND NU 20 SE 8/133 Lighthouse and attached buildings 31.12.69 GV II* Benedictine monastic cell, C14 or C15; early C19 lighthouse-keeper's cottage built into chapel ruins, oth
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Herd Groyne Light
Details 1. 5102 SOUTH GROYNE The South Groyne NZ 3668 SE 3/65 II 2. Built between 1861 and 1867, the dates of 2 plans made by the Tyne Improvement Commissioners circa 1882. Newcastle Trinity House ere
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Maryport Old Lighthouse
Details The following entry shall be added MARYPORT THE HARBOUR 1. 5161 (South Pier) ------------ The Lighthouse NY 03 NW 3/150 II 2. Circa 1846. Probably the oldest cast iron lighthouse in Britain. D
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New High Light
Details TYNEMOUTH TYNE STREET (south side) NZ 3668 SW North Shields. 15/127 New High Light and house attached. G.V. II Lighthouse and house. Lighthouse dated 1808 on north elevation and on rainwater h
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Old South Pier Lighthouse
Details SUNDERLAND NZ45NW WHITBURN ROAD 920-1/5/244 (East side (off)) 10/11/78 Old South Pier Lighthouse in Roker Cliff Park NZ 4073 5974 (Formerly Listed as: INNER SOUTH PIER Old Lighthouse) GV II* L
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Roker Pier lighthouse
Details SUNDERLAND NZ45NW ROKER TERRACE 920-1/5/182 (East side (off)) Roker Pier and Lighthouse with railings, lamp standards and part of promenade GV II Pier and lighthouse with lamp standards and ra
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Tynemouth North Pier light
Details TYNEMOUTH PIER ROAD (south end) NZ 36 NE and NZ 3769 SW Tynemouth 10/111 & 8/111 North Pier with crane attached and Lighthouse. G.V. II Pier and lighthouse. 1854-1895; partly rebuilt in 1909.
