Winterton Lighthouse

Winterton Lighthouse served to mark the entry point, for vessels approaching from the north, into Yarmouth Roads (a safe roadstead and anchorage for colliers on the Newcastle-to-London trade route, and equally vital to the local Great Yarmouth herring trade). The early history of the lights at Winterton is a complex one involving a long-running dispute, and is the subject of 'contradictory' accounts.

James Douglass designed a new lighthouse for Winterton shortly after being appointed Engineer-in-Chief at Trinity House in 1863, and subsequently oversaw its construction. The new tower was cylindrical and (again) coloured red. It was topped by a new 14 ft-diameter cylindrical lantern structure, in which, in 1868, Trinity House installed a large (first-order) fixed optic (engineered by James Chance); it displayed, as previously, a fixed white light. In 1910 the light characteristic was altered to occulting; thenceforward the light was eclipsed four times every 90 seconds. During World War I, Winterton Lighthouse served as a military lookout post.

In 2012 the observation deck was replaced by a more lighthouse-like steel and glass lantern room with a domed roof, As well as being a private home, the Lighthouse is available to rent for short-term stays.