Southwold Lighthouse

Southwold Lighthouse is a lighthouse operated by Trinity House in the centre of Southwold in Suffolk, England. It stands on the North Sea coast, acting as a warning light for shipping passing along the east coast and as a guide for vessels navigating to Southwold harbour.

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Type: Historic building
Description: lighthouse in Southwold, Waveney, Suffolk, England, UK
Also known as: “Southwold lighthouse” and “The Lighthouse”
Address: Stradbroke Road

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Southwold Town Hall and Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room.

Southwold Town Hall

Town hall

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Southwold Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Southwold, Suffolk, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Southwold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Southwold Town Hall is situated 580 feet southwest of Southwold Lighthouse.

Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room

Museum

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The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room is a Grade II listed building on the seafront at Southwold, England. It was built in 1864 as a place for fishermen and mariners to read, as an alternative to drinking in pubs, and also to encourage the pursuit of Christian ideals. Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room is situated 630 feet south of Southwold Lighthouse.

Sole Bay Inn

Pub

Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sole Bay Inn is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reydon and Easton Bavents.

Reydon

Village

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Reydon is a village and civil parish, 1.0 mile north-west of Southwold and 2.5 miles south-east of Wangford, in the East Suffolk district and the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England.

Easton Bavents

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Easton Bavents is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Reydon, in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk, England. Once an important village with a market, it has been much eroded by the North Sea.

Walberswick

Village

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Walberswick is a village and civil parish on the Suffolk coast in England. It is at the mouth of the River Blyth on the south side of the river. The town of Southwold lies to the north of the river and is the nearest town to Walberswick, around 1 mile away.

Southwold Lighthouse

Categories: lighthouse, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Southwold, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.32724° or 52° 19′ 38″ north

Longitude

1.68139° or 1° 40′ 53″ east

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Height

102 feet (31 metres)

Operator

Trinity House

Open location code

9F438MGJ+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1116984002

OpenStreetMap feature

building=lighthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

GeoNames ID

11153377

Wikidata ID

Q7571483

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Southwold Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Southwold Lighthouse”
Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Southwold”
French: “phare de Southwold”
French: “Phare de Southwold”
Polish: “Latarnia morska Southwold”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Town Salts and Oldtown Marsh.

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