Leasowe Lighthouse
Leasowe Lighthouse is an historic lighthouse in Moreton on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The lighthouse was built in 1763 by The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to guide shipping safely to the Port of Liverpool and is the oldest lighthouse built from bricks in the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moreton railway station and Leasowe railway station.
Moreton railway station
Railway station
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Moreton railway station serves the town of Moreton, in Merseyside, England. The station is on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, which is part of the Merseyrail network. Moreton railway station is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Leasowe Lighthouse.
Leasowe railway station
Railway station
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Leasowe railway station is a station serving the village of Leasowe, in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network. Leasowe railway station is situated 1 mile east of Leasowe Lighthouse.
Christ Church
Church
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Christ Church is situated 1 mile southeast of Leasowe Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moreton and Leasowe.
Moreton
Town
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Moreton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Located on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, it is approximately 3 mi to the west of Wallasey.
Leasowe
Village
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Leasowe is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. Located on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, it is approximately 2 mi to the west of Wallasey.
Saughall Massie
Village
Saughall Massie is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Moreton West & Saughall Massie Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of Wallasey. Saughall Massie is situated 1½ miles south of Leasowe Lighthouse.
Leasowe Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wirral, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.41316° or 53° 24′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.12576° or 3° 7′ 33″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Height
110 feet (34 metres)Operator
The Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse C.I.O.Open location code
9C5RCV7F+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 150846874OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Polish—“Leasowe Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “লিসো বাতিঘর”
- French: “phare de Leasowe”
- French: “Phare de Leasowe”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska w Leasowe”
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