Year first lit 1971 (current) Focal height 28 m (92 ft) Opened 1971 | Construction concrete column Height 36 m Automated 1994 | |
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Location offshore EastbourneEast SussexEngland Tower shape cylindrical column supporting an upper platform with tower Markings / pattern white tower with a red band, white keeper's quarter Year first constructed 1875 (lightship established) Similar Hilbre Island Lighthouse, Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse, St Bees Lighthouse, Berry Head Lighthouse, Farne Lighthouse | ||
Trip to the royal sovereign lighthouse
Royal Sovereign lighthouse at Eastbourne is a lighthouse marking the Royal Sovereign shoal. Its distinctive shape is easily recognised as it comprises a large platform supported by a single pillar rising out of the water.
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In 1971, the lighthouse replaced a lightship that had marked the Royal Sovereign Shoal since 1875. Originally, the platform was manned, accommodation being contained in the 'cabin section'. The light was automated in 1994 and is controlled by a 475MHz radio link to Trinity House managed by Vodafone. As of 2006 it was still occasionally occupied.
Duke visits royal sovereign lighthouse 1974
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