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St. Catherine's Lighthouse

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Year first lit
  
1838 (current)

Tower shape
  
hexagonal tower

Height
  
27 m

NGA number
  
1064

Construction
  
ashlar

Focal height
  
41 m (135 ft)

Automated
  
1997

Year first constructed
  
1323

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Location
  
St. Catherine's Point Isle of Wight England

Markings / pattern
  
white tower and lantern

Similar
  
St Catherine's Oratory, Cromer Lighthouse, Needles Lighthouse, Hilbre Island Lighthouse, Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse

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St. Catherine's Lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouse locations in Great Britain. The first lighthouse was established on St. Catherine's Down in 1323 on the orders of the Pope, after a ship ran aground nearby and its cargo was either lost or plundered. Once part of St. Catherine's Oratory, its octagonal stone tower can still be seen today on the hill to the west of Niton. It is known locally as the "Pepperpot".

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Map of St Catherines Lighthouse, Niton, Ventnor PO38 2NF, UK

The new lighthouse, built by Trinity House in 1838, was constructed as a 40-metre (130 ft) stone tower; however, its light was often obscured by fog, which led to its height being reduced by 13-metre (43 ft) in 1875. It has a range of 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) and is the third-most powerful of all the lights maintained by Trinity House. Another tower, built immediately alongside in 1932, houses the now redundant fog signal (discontinued in 1987).

Trinity House provides tours of the lighthouse year round.

St catherine s lighthouse optic in slow motion


References

St. Catherine's Lighthouse Wikipedia