South East England
East Sussex
Eastbourne District

Belle Tout Lighthouse

The Belle Tout Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse and British landmark located at , , close to the town of . It has been called "Britain's most famous inhabited lighthouse" because of its striking location and use in film and television.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: decommissioned lighthouse at Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Belle Tout lighthouse” and “Belle Toute Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beachy Head and Seven Sisters.

Cliff
Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a chalk headland in , . It is situated close to Eastbourne, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. is located within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land, forming part of the Eastbourne Downland Estate. is situated 1½ miles east of Belle Tout Lighthouse.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The are a series of chalk sea cliffs on the coast, and are a stretch of the sea-eroded section of the range of hills, in the county of , in south-east . is situated 2 miles northwest of Belle Tout Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse located in the below the cliffs of in . It is 33 m in height and became operational in October 1902. It was the last wave-washed masonry lighthouse built by Trinity House. is situated 1¼ miles east of Belle Tout Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Dean and Friston.

Village
Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Dean and is a civil parish in the District of , England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the – between three miles to the east and an equal distance to the west. is situated 2 miles north of Belle Tout Lighthouse.

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a popular and traditional sea-side resort town in , on England's South East coast. It has one of the highest recorded days of sunshine per year in Britain and its climate is notable for its relatively high sunshine levels, with the town claiming to be the "Sunniest Place in the UK".

Belle Tout Lighthouse

Latitude
50.73839° or 50° 44′ 18″ north
Longitude
0.21463° or 0° 12′ 53″ east
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9F22P6Q7+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289010448
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11153500
Wiki­data ID
Q3739756
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Polish—“Belle Tout Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেল টাউট বাতিঘর”
  • French: “phare de Belle Tout”
  • French: “Phare de Belle Tout”
  • Italian: “Bell Toot lighthouse”
  • Italian: “Belle Tout lighthouse”
  • Italian: “Belle Toute lighthouse”
  • Italian: “Faro di Bell Toot”
  • Italian: “Faro di Belle Tout”
  • Italian: “Faro di Belle Toute”
  • Japanese: “ベル・タウト灯台”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Belle Tout”

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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 “Belle Tout Lighthouse”. Photo: ParrotWatcher, CC BY-SA 4.0.