List of lighthouses in Wales

This is a list of lighthouses in Wales. The list runs anticlockwise from north-east to south-east Wales.[1][2][3]

Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

Active lighthouses

In this table, the 'focal height' is the height of the light above water level whilst 'nmi' signifies nautical miles.

Lighthouse Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height (in metres) Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangoed
🌍		18382919[4]12[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlaneilian
🌍		18351139[4]18[4]
Skerries Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataCylch-y-Garn
🌍		17172336[4][5] (white), 26[5] (red)20[4][5] (white), 10[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
🌍		18731921[4]14[4]
South Stack Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataIsle of Anglesey
🌍		1809[6]28[6]60[4]24[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
🌍		18th century512[4]7[4] (white), 4[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAberdaron
🌍		18213039[4]26[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanengan, Gwynedd[7]
🌍		1877[8]11[8]46[4]14[4] (white), 10[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍		19081745[4]26[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt David's and the Cathedral Close
🌍		18391144[4]16[4]
Smalls Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataMarloes and St Brides
🌍[9]		1861[10]41[10]36[4][5] (white), 33[5] (red)18[4][5] (white), 13[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataMarloes and St Brides
🌍		19161854[4]8[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍		18411348[4]18[4] (white), 17[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataSt Ishmael's
🌍		1870527[5]5[5] (white), 3[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍[11]		2653[5]15[5]
Watwick Point Beacon Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire, Dale
🌍		19705080[4]15[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍		195714
Caldey Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataTenby
🌍		18291665[4]13[4] (white), 9[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍		1848577
Burry Port Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrey and Burry Port Town
🌍[12]		18427[4]7[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSwansea, Mumbles
🌍		17941735[4]15[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPorthcawl
🌍		1860910[5]6[5] (white), 4[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
🌍		18313756[4]21[4] (white), 16[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataCardiff
🌍		17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataVale of Glamorgan
🌍		1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataVale of Glamorgan
🌍		18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataNewport
🌍		18931111[4]11[4] (white), 10[4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses
Lighthouse Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanasa
🌍		184418
Great Orme Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataGwynedd, Llandudno
🌍		198511
Amlwch Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataAmlwch Community
🌍		1817197211
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataHolyhead, Holyhead
🌍		15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataRhosyr
🌍		197510
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataPembrokeshire
🌍		1844191013
Whiteford Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
🌍		1865192614
Old Nash Point Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataSt Donats
🌍		1900s20
West Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataWentlooge
🌍		192217

See also

References
  1. Douglas Bland Hague (1994). Hughes, Stephen (ed.). Lighthouses of Wales: Their Architecture and Archaeology. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-871184-08-2.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 78.
  4. Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.
  5. NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
  6. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/south-stack-lighthouse
  7. https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=17928
  8. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse
  9. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
  10. https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse
  11. MarineTraffic, Wikidata Q18518862
  12. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1556377974
  13. https://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=114&featureNumber=5748&includeRemovals=false&output=html
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