Deactivated 1922 ARLHS number WAL-032 Opened 1821 Year first constructed 1821 | Construction brick tower Height 17 m Phone +44 1633 810126 | |
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Location UskmouthNewportWalesUnited Kingdom Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 2-storey keeper’s house Markings / pattern white tower and lantern Similar Church of St Mark - Newport, Shire Hall - Newport, Ye Olde Murenger House, Westgate Hotel, St Paul's Church - Newport | ||
The west usk lighthouse
West Usk Lighthouse is a Grade II-listed building on the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Usk south of the city of Newport, South Wales.
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- The west usk lighthouse
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The west usk lighthouse hotel the scene for the latest laterooms com tv advert
History
The lighthouse was the first to be built by renowned Scottish civil engineer James Walker in 1821. Amongst other projects, Walker went on to build another 21 lighthouses. The land around the lighthouse has been reclaimed as farmland but it stood on an island until 1856. It was decommissioned as an operational lighthouse in 1922.
The lighthouse is currently operating as a hotel and in July 2008 featured in an episode of the Channel 5 television series The Hotel Inspector.
For hotel guests, a private road off the B4239 (Lighthouse Road) leads to the lighthouse. Alternatively, it may be reached by a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) walk along the sea wall footpath from the car park of the Lighthouse Inn on Beach Road. The lighthouse is situated next to the Pont-y-cwcw Reen.
The less substantial East Usk Lighthouse, on the opposite bank of the River Usk, is within the Newport Wetlands wildlife reserve.