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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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”
Photo: Simon220771, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flamborough Castle and Flamborough Lifeboat Station.
Flamborough Castle
Castle
Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flamborough Castle, also known as the Danish Tower, is a Grade II listed Medieval manor house in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire which has partial ruins existing today. Flamborough Castle is situated 2 miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.
Flamborough Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flamborough Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat station located at Flamborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Flamborough Lifeboat Station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.
Rose And Crown Inn
Pub
Photo: Stephen Armstrong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose And Crown Inn is a pub, which is situated 1½ miles west of Flamborough Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornwick Nab and Sewerby.
Thornwick Nab
Locality
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.11642° or 54° 6′ 59″ northLongitude
-0.08259° or 0° 4′ 57″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Operator
Trinity HouseOpen location code
9C6X4W88+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 673125459OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11694346Wikidata 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Molk Hole and North Marine Estate.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Welcome to Flamborough Outer Headland and Headlands Shop.
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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 “Flamborough Head Lighthouse”. Photo: Keith D, CC BY-SA 3.0.