Best of South Wales
The 12 best lighthouses in South Wales
Our curated top 12 lighthouses in South Wales, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 33 lighthouses see the full lighthouses index for South Wales.
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Black Nore Lighthouse
Black Nore Lighthouse is a grade II listed building in Portishead, Somerset, England. The cast iron white-painted lighthouse was built in 1894 by Trinity House to guide shipping in the Severn Estuary
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Burry Port Lighthouse
Burry Port Lighthouse (Welsh: Goleudy Porth Tywyn) is a lighthouse in Burry Port. Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. B
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Caldey Lighthouse
Caldey Lighthouse is located on the south end of Caldey Island, three miles (5 km) off the south Pembrokeshire, Wales coastline, a small island inhabited by a Cistercian monastery.
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Whiteford Lighthouse
Whiteford Point Lighthouse (also known as Whitford Point Lighthouse) is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, South Wales.
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Mumbles Lighthouse
Mumbles Lighthouse, completed in 1794, is a lighthouse located in Mumbles, near Swansea. The structure, which sits on the outer of two islands off Mumbles Head, is clearly visible from any point along
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Watwick Point Beacon
Watwick Point Beacon — lighthouse near Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Flat Holm Lighthouse
Flat Holm Lighthouse is 30 m (98 ft) high and 50 m (160 ft) above mean high water. It has a 100 watt lamp that flashes three times every ten seconds, and is red from 106° to 140°; white to 151°; red t
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Smalls Lighthouse
Smalls Lighthouse is a lighthouse that stands on the largest of a group of wave-washed basalt and dolerite rocks known as The Smalls approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Marloes Peninsula in Pembrok
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Skokholm Lighthouse
Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Skokholm Island, just off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. This small island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by the
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St. Ann's Head Lighthouse
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse — lighthouse in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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South Bishop Lighthouse
The South Bishop Lighthouse is a lighthouse on South Bishop Island (also known as Emsger), a small rock approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of St Davids Head in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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West Usk Lighthouse
West Usk Lighthouse is a Grade II-listed building on the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Usk south of the city of Newport, South Wales.