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List of lighthouses in England

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This is a list of lighthouses in England. It includes lighthouses which are no longer in use as a light but are still standing. It also includes some of the harbour and pier-head lights around the country.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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St Anthony's
St Anthony's
Lizard
Lizard
Tater Du
Tater Du
Wolf Rock
Wolf Rock
Longships
Longships
Trevose Head
Trevose Head
Pendeen
Pendeen
Godrevy
Godrevy
Peninnis
Peninnis
B
B
Round I
Round I
Coastal lighthouses in Cornwall
B = Bishop Rock
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Bamburgh
Bamburgh
Farne
Farne
Longstone
Longstone
Coquet
Coquet
St Mary's
St Mary's
Souter
Souter
Whitby
Whitby
Flamborough
Flamborough
Withernsea
Withernsea
Spurn
Spurn
Cromer
Cromer
Happisburgh
Happisburgh
Lowestoft
Lowestoft
Southwold
Southwold
Orfordness
Orfordness
N. Foreland
N. Foreland
S. Foreland
S. Foreland
Dungeness
Dungeness
Royal S.
Royal S.
Beachy Head
Beachy Head
Nab
Nab
St Catherine's
St Catherine's
Needles
Needles
Hurst
Hurst
Anvil Pt
Anvil Pt
Portland
Portland
Berry Hd
Berry Hd
Start Pt
Start Pt
Eddystone
Eddystone
Hartland Pt
Hartland Pt
Bull Pt
Bull Pt
Lynmouth
Lynmouth
Lundy
Lundy
Hilbre Island
Hilbre Island
New Brighton
New Brighton
Walney
Walney
St Bees
St Bees
Coastal lighthouses in England (except Cornwall)
= operational lighthouse
= deactivated lighthouse
= demolished lighthouse
(Lights deactivated or demolished before 1970 are omitted.)

Details of several lighthouses and lightvessels in current use in England, together with Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar can be found on the website of Trinity House.[9] Locations of major lighthouses are shown on the adjacent map.

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Active lighthouses

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Inactive lighthouses

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Notes

  1. Inactive between 1969–1993.
  2. Previously operated by Trinity House.
  3. Previously operated by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House.
  4. Still listed by Trinity House, but light now mounted separately.
  5. Previously operated by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
  6. Previously operated by Hull Trinity House.
  7. Formerly used for lighting trials for Trinity House.
  8. Replaced by Longstone Lighthouse in 1826.
  9. Replaced by High & Low lights in 1832.
  10. Used as a daymark, but never lit.
  11. Also known as the Dover Pharos or Roman Pharos.
  12. Dating varies from AD 50 to 150.
  13. Replaced with Dungeness Lighthouse in 1961.
  14. Replaced by Dovercourt Lighthouses in 1863.
  15. Replaced by Hodbarrow Haverigg Lighthouse in 1905.
  16. Also known as Perch Rock.
  17. Replaced by Peninnis Lighthouse in 1911.
  18. Britain's only remaining medieval lighthouse.
  19. Rebuilt in Hartlepool in 1995.
  20. Moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe in 1883.
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