The Lighthouses of Wales

Though long abandoned, this lighthouse has been maintained in fairly good condition. The lighthouse is surrounded by water at high tide, but it can be reached easily across a broad, flat beach when the tide is low. Located on the beach about 1 km west of Point of Ayre. Accessible by walking about 800 m from Talacre, a short distance off the A548 coastal highway.

Photo courtesy Sally [Flickr]

The lighthouse stands at the northeastern corner of the Isle of Anglesey marking the northern entrance to Menai Strait, which separates the island from the Welsh mainland. Located just off the point of Trwyn Penmon about 3/4 mile northeast of Penmon. It is possible to walk to the lighthouse at low tide.

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The original lighthouse was 300 m to the south. Like Great Orme, the light station was built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and transferred to Trinity House in 1973. Located on Point Lynas, about 1 km north of Llaneilian.

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Our tour ship was in the harbor in an awkward position.  So it literally backed up to this point, did a U-turn (we came down the left channel, used the right channel for a 3-point turn) right around this light.

Located at the end of the short pier enclosing the old harbor at Amlwch Port in northwestern Anglesey.  ARLHS# WAL-055

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

Situated near the north west tip of Wales, the tiny islet known as South Stack Rock lies separated from Holyhead Island by 30 metres of turbulent sea.

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In 2004 the light station appeared in the movie Half Light, starring Demi Moore; it appears the tower was repainted for the movie. Located at the southern tip of the peninsula, a short distance east of the active beacon. ARLHS# WAL-057

Photo courtesy Andrew N. Murgatroyd [Flickr]

Located on St. Tudwal's Island West, at the western entrance to Tremadoc Bay about 5 km southeast of Abersoch. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS(WAL 028)

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

stands imposingly on Ynysmeicl (St. Michael's Island), an islet to the west of Fishguard.

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"heavily tweaked in Photoshop"

The small island of Skokholm, just 1¼ miles long by ½ mile wide, lies just off the Pembrokeshire coast, and the lighthouse is situated on the South West point of the island.

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Located on a promontory on the north side of Milford Haven, about 6 km west of the port of the same name. Accessible along the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path.

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

Caldey Island, located south of Tenby at the western entrance to Carmarthen Bay, was the site of a Benedictine monastery in medieval times and is home to a Cistercian monastery today. It is readily accessible by passenger ferries from Tenby. Located at the south point of the island.

Photo courtesy Sean Bolton [Flickr]

Located on the breakwater at the harbor entrance at Burry Port on the north side of the Loughor Estuary. ARLHS# WAL-035

Photo courtesy Alex Trabas [liteslist]

Long powered by gas, this little lighthouse was not converted to electric power until 1997. Located at the end of the breakwater on Porthcawl Point in Porthcawl, at the eastern entrance to Swansea Bay.

Photo courtesy Nick Russill [Flickr]

This is between Barry and Porthcawl on the Glamorgan Coast.  to mark the sandbanks off the point at the entrance to the Bristol Channel

Photo courtesy Paul Bence [Flickr]

Located on the east side of the entrance to the River Usk about 2 km southwest of Nash.  This light is part of the Newport Westlands Reserve.

Photo courtesy Andy South Wales [Flickr]

Located on a small island off the north shore of the Severn just east of Portskewett. Accessible only by boat; visible from a hiking trail along the river.

Photo courtesy Terry Winter [Flickr]