Farne Lighthouse

Farne Lighthouse was one of a pair built on Inner Farne by the Corporation of Trinity House in 1811, both of which were designed by Daniel Alexander to replace an earlier coal-burning light which had been established on the island by Captain John Blackett in 1778. the gas was manufactured in an adjacent producer plant and controlled by a sun valve. A new fixed third order Fresnel lens was installed in the lantern and a red sector was added to the main light to indicate lines of approach that were hazardous for shipping. (That same year saw the nearby Bamburgh Lighthouse established, with a sector light that worked in conjunction with the Inner Farne light. The other lighthouse on the island…

.]] The tower is 13 m tall with a range for the light of 8 nmi. Farne Island Lighthouse was sold on 6 June 2005 to the National Trust for £132,000; nevertheless it remains an operational lighthouse, with relevant areas of the building having been leased back to Trinity House for a peppercorn rent. In 2022 permission was given for the lamp to be replaced with an LED light source, designed to function within the original lens;