List of lighthouses in Wales

Point Lynas

Skerries

South Stack

Major lighthouses of Wales, Smalls Lighthouse not shown.

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

Active lighthouses

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

Lighthouse	Location	Year built	Tower height (in metres)	Focal height (in metres)	Range (in nautical miles)
Trwyn Du Lighthouse	Llangoed 53°18′46″N 4°2′26″W	1838	29	19^[4]	12^[4]
Point Lynas Lighthouse	Llaneilian 53°24′58″N 4°17′21″W	1835	11	39^[4]	18^[4]
Skerries Lighthouse	Cylch-y-Garn 53°25′16″N 4°36′29″W	1717	23	36^[4]^[5] (white), 26^[5] (red)	20^[4]^[5] (white), 10^[5] (red)
Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse	Holyhead, Holyhead 53°19′51″N 4°37′9″W	1873	19	21^[4]	14^[4]
South Stack Lighthouse	Isle of Anglesey 53°18′24″N 4°41′58″W	1809^[6]	28^[6]	60^[4]	24^[4]
Twr Bach Llanddwyn Island Lighthouse	Rhosyr 53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W	18th century	5	12^[4]	7^[4] (white), 4^[4] (red)
Bardsey Lighthouse	Aberdaron 52°45′0″N 4°48′0″W	1821	30	39^[4]	26^[4]
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse	Llanengan, Gwynedd^[7] 52°47′55″N 4°28′17″W	1877^[8]	11^[8]	46^[4]	14^[4] (white), 10^[4] (red)
Strumble Head Lighthouse	Pembrokeshire 52°1′47″N 5°4′26″W	1908	17	45^[4]	26^[4]
South Bishop Lighthouse	St David's and the Cathedral Close 51°51′10″N 5°24′43″W	1839	11	44^[4]	16^[4]
Smalls Lighthouse	Marloes and St Brides 51°43′16″N 5°40′11″W^[9]	1861^[10]	41^[10]	36^[4]^[5] (white), 33^[5] (red)	18^[4]^[5] (white), 13^[5] (red)
Skokholm Lighthouse	Marloes and St Brides 51°41′38″N 5°17′13″W	1916	18	54^[4]	8^[4] (white red)
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse	Pembrokeshire 51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W	1841	13	48^[4]	18^[4] (white), 17^[4] (red)
Great Castle Head Light	St Ishmael's 51°42′41″N 5°7′4″W	1870	5	27^[5]	5^[5] (white), 3^[5] (red green)
Little Castle Head Light	Pembrokeshire 51°43′2″N 5°6′35″W^[11]		26	53^[5]	15^[5]
Watwick Point Beacon	Pembrokeshire, Dale 51°41′46″N 5°9′14″W	1970	50	80^[4]	15^[4]
West Blockhouse Point Beacons	Pembrokeshire 51°41′18″N 5°9′33″W	1957	14
Caldey Lighthouse	Tenby 51°37′54″N 4°41′3″W	1829	16	65^[4]	13^[4] (white), 9^[4] (red)
Saundersfoot Lighthouse	Pembrokeshire 51°42′36″N 4°41′42″W	1848	5	7	7
Burry Port Lighthouse	Pembrey and Burry Port Town 51°40′39″N 4°15′4″W^[12]	1842		7^[4]	7^[13]
Mumbles Lighthouse	Swansea, Mumbles 51°34′0″N 3°58′16″W	1794	17	35^[4]	15^[4]
Porthcawl Lighthouse	Porthcawl 51°28′23″N 3°41′59″W	1860	9	10^[5]	6^[5] (white), 4^[5] (red green)
Nash Point Lighthouse	St Donats 51°24′3″N 3°33′8″W	1831	37	56^[4]	21^[4] (white), 16^[4] (red)
Flat Holm Lighthouse	Butetown 51°22′30″N 3°7′1″W	1737	30	50^[4]	15^[4] (white), 12^[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse	Vale of Glamorgan 51°23′28″N 3°15′31″W	1890	9	12^[5]	10^[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse	Vale of Glamorgan 51°24′53″N 3°6′0″W	1839	23	13^[4]	12^[4]
East Usk Lighthouse	Newport 51°32′24″N 2°58′1″W	1893	11	11^[4]	11^[4] (white), 10^[4] (red green)

Inactive lighthouses

Lighthouse	Location	Year built	Decommissioned	Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse	Llanasa 53°21′25″N 3°19′20″W		1844	18
Great Orme Lighthouse	Gwynedd, Llandudno 53°20′32″N 3°52′8″W		1985	11
Amlwch Lighthouse	Amlwch Community 53°24′55″N 4°19′59″W	1817	1972	11
Holyhead Mail Pier Lighthouse	Holyhead, Holyhead 53°18′51″N 4°37′12″W			15
Twr Mawr Llanddwyn Lighthouse	Rhosyr 53°8′7″N 4°24′56″W		1975	10
St. Ann's Head Lighthouse	Pembrokeshire 51°40′52″N 5°10′25″W	1844	1910	13
Whiteford Lighthouse	Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton 51°39′9″N 4°15′4″W	1865	1926	14
Old Nash Point Lighthouse	St Donats 51°24′4″N 3°33′24″W		1900s	20
West Usk Lighthouse	Wentlooge 51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W		1922	17

References

^ 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.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ 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.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/south-stack-lighthouse
^ https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=17928
^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse
^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407
^ a b https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse
^ MarineTraffic, Wikidata Q18518862
^ https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1556377974
^ https://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=114&featureNumber=5748&includeRemovals=false&output=html

External links

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in English and Welsh

[Hague1994-1] 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.

[rowlett-2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[ngall-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.

[Q25198336-4] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.

[Q13872896-5] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896

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[WD98918bf5-8] ttps://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/st-tudwals-lighthouse

[WDde568860-9] ttp://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19407

[WDc425c6ec-10] ttps://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/smalls-lighthouse

[Q18518862-11] MarineTraffic, Wikidata Q18518862

[WD5fbfb248-12] ttps://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1556377974

[WDf8a44ecb-13] ttps://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=114&featureNumber=5748&includeRemovals=false&output=html

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