South East England
East Sussex
Eastbourne District

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Beachy Head Lighthouse 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.
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Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beachy Head and Beachy Head Bomber Command Memorial.

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 2,400 feet northeast of Beachy Head Lighthouse.

Memorial
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Beachy Head Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: ParrotWatcher, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 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. is situated 1¼ miles west of Beachy Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Dean and Friston.

Village
Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Beachy Head Lighthouse.

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 2½ miles northwest of Beachy Head 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".

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Latitude
50.73377° or 50° 44′ 2″ north
Longitude
0.24148° or 0° 14′ 29″ east
Open location code
9F22P6MR+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 350509083
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11594261
Wiki­data ID
Q15197902
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Beachy Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “比奇角燈塔”
  • Dutch: “Beachy Head Lighthouse”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Beachy Head”
  • French: “phare de Beachy Head”
  • French: “Phare de Beachy Head”
  • Italian: “faro di Beachy Head”
  • Italian: “Faro di Beachy Head”
  • Japanese: “ビーチー岬灯台”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Beachy Head”

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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 “Beachy Head Lighthouse”. Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.