Suffolk_Newbie
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I really like this map of the UK's lighthouses. Although I'm sure that it's incomplete, it's still a stunning image.
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@researchremora
Credit:
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Lighthouses of the United Kingdom
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Sianna
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Great pic but I never knew we had so many inland lighthouses, the Liverpool one is presumably Bidston, Hull is Whitgiff, but which ones are the west of London and Worcester lighthouses?
creeks
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This website may be of interest to any lighthouse fanciers on here. I have no connection to the author other than I found her very helpful in providing me with images of an ancient ruined house that I have an interest in which is near one of the lighthouses that she had photographed.
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Bristolfashion
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There is a lighthouse on the (inland);canal - I've passed it twice, but for the life of me can't remember where it is.
Dino
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For anyone with an interest in lighthouses, There was a really good to show on Irish TV last winter called Great Lighthouses of Ireland. It was commissioned by the Commissioners for Irish Lights.
Here’s a link to the RTE Player but it may be limited by location RTÉ Player
Or here’s a link to a YouTube video
Here’s a link to the RTE Player but it may be limited by location RTÉ Player
Or here’s a link to a YouTube video
tico
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@Siena .... could it be the one at Upton On Severn. There is also on on the (Worcester & Birmingham) canal at Hanbury wharf
ProDave
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Are sure that map shows them all? there are plenty of places where I would expect them, west side of the Uists, butt of Lewis, North Devon coast etc.
Suffolk_Newbie
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sarabande
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Well-founded rumour has it that HRH Princess Anne has a comprehensive knowledge of British lighthouses, and especially those in Caledonia.
There was also forumite with a smart mobo beginning with E, who also is very clued up on their history, though I believe he now sails across the pond.
There was also forumite with a smart mobo beginning with E, who also is very clued up on their history, though I believe he now sails across the pond.
NorthUp
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They were all flashing dark as the photo was taken
Boathook
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Anvil lighthouse is missing along with Bishops Rock. I also thought that Isles of Scilly had a lighthouse.
dunedin
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An alternative view (at least of Englandshire and Wales) …. Lighthouses or more accurately Lighthouses and lightvessels
dunedin
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And the Northern ones …. Lighthouses
dunedin
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And the Irish ones Our Lighthouses. Select button for lighthouses
Simon 420
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Is there a similar map showing the red and green lights to our ports and harbours? That should be colourful
creeks
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colhel
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Anyone else remember the Blue Peter episode when John Noakes went up the Needles Lighthouse to change the bulb or paint it or something. I thought there was a youtube video of it somewhere but typically can't find it now
davidej
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How many of these have been switched off. And what would a map showing the disused one look like?
dunedin
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Interestingly you might need a definition of “switched off”. One beautiful lighthouse near us is crumbling into disrepair. There is still a light. But a few decades back the lighthouse with rotating lens was replaced by a metal pole with an LED bulb and simple flashing sequence. Not quite the romance or drama, but presumably massively cheaper to run.
Alicatt
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The Duncansbay Head and Dunnet Head ones are also missing from the first image
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