Margate Lighthouse

Margate Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the end of Margate harbour arm in Kent.^[1]

Margate Lighthouse

Location	Margate, Kent
Coordinates	51.39080°N 1.37808°E / 51.39080; 1.37808
Tower
Constructed	1828 (first) 1955 (second)
Designed by	William Edmunds
Height	20 m (66 ft)
Light
Focal height	18 m (59 ft)
Characteristic	continuous red light

1828 lighthouse

This lighthouse was designed by the architect William Edmunds and was completed in 1829.^[2] It was destroyed in the North Sea flood of 1953.^[3] The design was a round Doric column similar to the lighthouse at Whitby.^[3]

1955 lighthouse

A replacement lighthouse with an octagonal column was built in 1955.^[1][3] This lighthouse features on the series G Bank of England £20 note along with the Turner Contemporary.^[4]