List of lighthouses in Wales

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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

More information Name, Image ...
Name Image Location Year built Tower height (in metres) Focal height[a] (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 WikidataButetown
17373050[4]15[4] (white), 12[4] (red)
Barry Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataThe Vale of Glamorgan
1890912[5]10[5]
Monkstone Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataThe Vale of Glamorgan
18392313[4]12[4]
East Usk Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataNewport
18931111[4]11[4] (white), 10[4] (red & green)
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Inactive lighthouses

More information Name, Image ...
Name Image Location Year built Decommissioned Tower height (in metres)
Point of Ayr Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlanasa
184418
Great Orme Lighthouse Edit this on WikidataLlandudno
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
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Notes

  1. [a]
    height of the light above water level

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