Wicklow Head Lighthouse

Wicklow Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in County Wicklow, Leinster. Wicklow Head Lighthouse is situated nearby to the village Rathnew.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Black Castle, Wicklow and St Livinius Church.

Black Castle, Wicklow

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Black Castle, Wicklow is situated 3 km northwest of Wicklow Head Lighthouse.

St Livinius Church

Church

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St Livinius Church is situated 4 km northwest of Wicklow Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wicklow Head and Wicklow.

Wicklow Head

Locality

Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wicklow Head is a headland near the southeast edge of the town of Wicklow in County Wicklow, approximately 3 kilometres from the centre of the town. Geographically, it is the easternmost point on the mainland of the Republic of Ireland.

Wicklow

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Wicklow is the county town of County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland; in 2022 it had a population of about 13,000. It forms a semicircle around Wicklow harbour, while just north lies The Murrough, a grassy walking area beside the sea, and the eastern coastal strip.

Rathnew

Village

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Rathnew is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin along the M11 between Dublin and Wexford, it is close to the county town of Wicklow, which is situated 3 km to the east. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Rathnew is situated 7 km northwest of Wicklow Head Lighthouse.

Wicklow Head Lighthouse

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Ireland
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.96544° or 52° 57′ 56″ north

Longitude

-5.99813° or 5° 59′ 53″ west

Operator

Commissioners of Irish Lights

Open location code

9C4PX282+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 217216230

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

13100113

Wikidata ID

Q28333612

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Slovenian—“Wicklow Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Wicklow Head Lighthouse”
French: “phare de Wicklow Head”
French: “Phare de Wicklow Head”
Slovenian: “svetilnik Wicklow Head”

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