Flamborough Head Lighthouse

Flamborough Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire. England. Flamborough Head Lighthouse acts as a waypoint for passing deep sea vessels and coastal traffic, and marks Flamborough Head for vessels heading towards Scarborough and Bridlington.

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Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Keepers‘ House And Offices Adjoining Lighthouse”

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flamborough Castle and Flamborough Library.

Flamborough Castle

Castle

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Flamborough Castle, also known as the Danish Tower, is a Grade II listed Medieval manor house in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire of which partial ruins survive. Flamborough Castle is situated 2 miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Flamborough Library

Library

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Flamborough Library is situated 1½ miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Flamborough Lifeboat Station

Building

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Flamborough Lifeboat Station can be found at South Landing on South Sea Road at Flamborough, a village approximately 44 miles to the east of York, on the promentory of Flamborough Head in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Flamborough Lifeboat Station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornwick Nab and Sewerby.

Thornwick Nab

Locality

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Thornwick Nab is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Sewerby

Village

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Sewerby is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately 1 mile north-east of Bridlington on the North Sea coast. The village is on Bridlington Bay and is the only south-facing resort in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Sewerby is situated 3½ miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Buckton

Hamlet

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Buckton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bempton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is near the North Sea coast, and about 4 miles north of Bridlington. Buckton is situated 4½ miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

Flamborough Head Lighthouse

Categories: building, historic site, historic building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Flamborough, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.11642° or 54° 6′ 59″ north

Longitude

-0.08259° or 0° 4′ 57″ west

Elevation

125 feet (38 metres)

Operator

Trinity House

Open location code

9C6X4W88+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 673125459

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

11694346

Wikidata ID

Q3739780

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Flamborough Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Flamborough Head Lighthouse”
Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Flamborough Head”
French: “phare de Flamborough”
French: “Phare de Flamborough”
Italian: “Faro di Flamborough”
Polish: “Latarnia morska Flamborough”
Spanish: “Faro de Cabo Flamborough”

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