Hartland Point Lighthouse
Hartland Point lighthouse. Lundy Island can be seen on the horizon
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 Devon
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Hartland Point Devon England United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°01′19.4″N 04°31′32.6″W / 51.022056°N 4.525722°WCoordinates: 51°01′19.4″N 04°31′32.6″W / 51.022056°N 4.525722°W |
| Year first constructed | 1874 (first) |
| Year first lit | 2012 (current) |
| Automated | 1984 |
| Deactivated | 2012 (first) |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 18 m (59 ft) (first) 1.5 m (4.9 ft) (current) |
| Focal height | 37 m (121 ft) (first) 20.5 m (67 ft) (current) |
| Original lens | 3rd order 500mm 6 panel rotating |
| Intensity | 635 candela |
| Range | 25 nmi (46 km) (first) 8 nmi (15 km) (current) |
| Characteristic | Fl (6) W15s. |
| Fog signal | blast every 60s. |
| Admiralty number | A5622 |
| NGA number | 6252 |
| ARLHS number | ENG 051 |
| Managing agent |
Trinity House |
Trinity House
Hartland Point Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building at Hartland Point, Devon, England. The point marks the western limit (on the English side) of the Bristol Channel with the Atlantic Ocean continuing to the west. Trinity House, the lighthouse authority for England and Wales, have a lighthouse on the tip of the peninsula.
Designed by Sir James Douglass construction began in Nov 1873 by contractor Mr Yerward of Wales under the supervision of resident engineer Henry Norris, Douglass and Norris having completed Souter Lighthouse in 1871.
The tower is 18 metres (59 ft) tall with the lamp being 37 metres (121 ft) above mean sea level. The light could be seen up to 25 miles (40 km) away from the coast. It is protected by a 30 metres (98 ft) long sea wall which was built in 1925 to prevent erosion of the rocks on which it stands.
It was blessed by Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury, and the light was lit for the first time by Lady Stucley of Hartland Abbey during the opening ceremony on 1 July 1874.
The tower was automated in 1984 and controlled from Trinity House Operations Centre at Harwich in Essex. Prior to automation the lighthouse was built with accommodation for four keepers and their families. The keepers' dwellings have since been demolished to make room for a Helipad to be constructed. This was necessary due to the precarious nature of the access road which is liable to frequent rock falls and landslips. Vehicular access is now very difficult and the gates tend to remain locked. The large concrete structures immediately to the south of the lighthouse were to provide the keepers with fresh water.
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