Lighthouses · Scottish Highlands
Twenty British lighthouses worth a detour
From Bell Rock to South Stack — a coastal tour of light architecture.
Britain has around 700 lighthouses; these twenty are the most architecturally or historically remarkable. Bell Rock (Stevensons, 1810) is the world's oldest sea-washed lighthouse still in use; the Smeaton tower (Eddystone) is preserved on Plymouth Hoe; South Stack on Anglesey perches on a flooded chasm with a wildlife reserve below.
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📷 5Lighthouses · Central Scotland
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Bell Rock Lighthouse — lighthouse off the coast of Angus, Scotland, UK.
📷 3Lighthouses · North Wales
South Stack Lighthouse
South Stack Lighthouse — lighthouse on South Stack, in Anglesey, Wales.
📷 5Lighthouses · South West England
Eddystone Lighthouse
Eddystone Lighthouse — lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, England.
📷 5Lighthouses · South West England
Lizard Lighthouse
Lizard Lighthouse — lighthouse in Landewednack, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 3Lighthouses · North East England
Longstone Lighthouse
Longstone Lighthouse — lighthouse on one of the Farne Islands, England.
📷 5Lighthouses · South East England
St Catherine's Lighthouse
St Catherine's Lighthouse — a lighthouse in england south east.
📷 5Lighthouses · South East England
Needles Lighthouse
Needles Lighthouse — lighthouse at the Needles, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
📷 3Lighthouses · Scottish Highlands
Rua Reidh Lighthouse
Rua Reidh Lighthouse — lighthouse near the entrance to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland.
📷 3Lighthouses · Scottish Islands
Neist Point Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse — lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK.
📷 3Lighthouses · Scottish Islands
Ardnamurchan Point Lighthouse
Ardnamurchan Point Lighthouse — a lighthouse in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.
📷 5Lighthouses · Scottish Islands
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse — lighthouse built 1858 in Shetland Islands.
📷 5Lighthouses · South West England
Pendeen Lighthouse
Pendeen Lighthouse — lighthouse in Cornwall, England.
📷 3Lighthouses · South West England
Trevose Head Lighthouse
Trevose Head Lighthouse — lighthouse in St. Merryn, Cornwall, England, UK.
📷 5Lighthouses · North East England
Souter Lighthouse
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Lighthouses · Yorkshire & the Humber
Flamborough Head Lighthouse
Flamborough Head Lighthouse — lighthouse in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK.
📷 5Lighthouses · East of England
Happisburgh Lighthouse
Happisburgh Lighthouse — lighthouse at Happisburgh on the North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, England.
📷 3Lighthouses · Scottish Islands
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse — lighthouse at Sumburgh Head on the mainland of Shetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK.
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