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.Photo: Ella Mullins, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: lighthouse in Southwold, Waveney, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Southwold lighthouse” and “The Lighthouse”
- Address: Stradbroke Road
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southwold Town Hall and Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room.
Southwold Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Asteuartw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reydon and Easton Bavents.
Reydon
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.32724° or 52° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
1.68139° or 1° 40′ 53″ eastElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Height
102 feet (31 metres)Operator
Trinity HouseOpen location code
9F438MGJ+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1116984002OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingGeoNames ID
11153377Wikidata 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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