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Lizard Lighthouse

On May 28, 2014 your web master visited the Trinity House Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre at Lizard, mainland UK's most southerly point. Since 2009 the lighthouse, which remains operational, has also operated as a heritage centre, effectively replacing that which operated at Penzance until the early naughties.

The Lizard Lighthouse, as with other Trinity House lighthouses is automated with keepers being withdrawn in 1998 - monitoring and control takes place from Harwich. The redundant keepers cottages which lie between the two towers are now rented holiday accommodation whilst the former fog signal station at the front of the lighthouse houses a gift shop and the heritage centre.

Guided tours are available up the operational tower. The site is located in an exceptional area of rugged coastline and well worth a visit.

For further details of the lighthouse and visitor centre click here: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/lizard.html?tab=visitor
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  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

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  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    This sign points to the extremities of the UK Trinity House operation.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The heritage centre and shop is on the right. Note the stepped passageway which would have enabled the keepers to pass from the cottages down to the fog signal station without venturing outside in poor weather.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The keepers' cottages.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    "Trinitas in Unitate" - The coat of arms of Trinity House - the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Gibraltar

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    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

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    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    View from the fog station window.

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    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Inside the engine room in the fog signal station.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Inside the engine room in the fog signal station.

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    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The exterior of the fog signal station.,

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The exterior of the fog signal station.,

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The east tower which visitors can climb as part of the guided tour.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The east tower which visitors can climb as part of the guided tour.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The keepers' cottages

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The fog signal station viewed from the east side showing the stepped passageway from the keepers' accommodation.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The east tower which visitors can climb as part of the guided tour.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    East Tower interior looking up the staircase.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Plaque commemorating the upgrading of the Eastern Tower and closure of the Western Tower in 1903.

  • Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall - May 28, 2014

    The lens assembly.

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