Suffolk
Waveney District
Southwold

Southwold Lighthouse

Southwold Lighthouse is a lighthouse operated by Trinity House in the centre of in , England. It stands on the 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
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.

Town hall
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in the Market Place in , , England. The building, which is the meeting place of Southwold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 580 feet southwest of Southwold Lighthouse.

Museum
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The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room is a Grade II listed building on the seafront at , . 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. is situated 630 feet south of Southwold Lighthouse.

Pub
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwold and Reydon.

Town
Photo: Matthew Hartley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a seaside town and civil parish on the , in the East Suffolk district, in the county of , England. It lies at the mouth of the in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 11 miles south of , 29 miles north-east of and 97 miles north-east of London, within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal.

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

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

Southwold Lighthouse

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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In Other Languages

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

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Southwold Lighthouse”. Photo: Ella Mullins, CC BY 2.0.