Location Lynmouth
Devon
England Focal height 67 m (220 ft) Opened 1900 Year first constructed 1900 | Construction brick tower Height 15 m Automated 1994 | |
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Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attacged to 1-storey keeper's house Markings / pattern white tower and lantern Current lens 1st order 920mm focal length, dioptric, 8 panels in 2 groups of 4 asymmetrical Similar Hilbre Island Lighthouse, St Bees Lighthouse, Berry Head Lighthouse, Farne Lighthouse, Royal Sovereign Lighthouse | ||
Lynmouth foreland lighthouse
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse (also called the Countisbury Foreland Lighthouse, after the nearby village) is located on Foreland Point. It was completed in 1900 to assist vessels passing through the Bristol Channel, and is a round brick tower painted white. The light is 67 metres (220 ft) above the high tide, and flashes 4 times every 15 seconds. Electricity was brought to the lighthouse in 1975, and it was automated in November 1994. The lighthouse keeper's cottage is now a National Trust holiday cottage. Porpoise and sea birds can be spied from its windows, and deer often shelter in the combe down to the lighthouse.
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