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The Lizard Lighthouse, as with other Trinity House lighthouses is automated with keepers being withdrawn in 1998 - monitoring and control takes place from Harwich.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
Read MoreThe Lizard Lighthouse, as with other Trinity House lighthouses is automated with keepers being withdrawn in 1998 - monitoring and control takes place from Harwich.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
