Pharos Lighthouse
The Pharos Lighthouse is a 93-foot tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Fleetwood, England
- Also known as: “Pharos Lighthouse, Fleetwood”, “Upper Lighthouse Or Pharos”, and “Upper Lighthouse, Fleetwood”
- Address: Pharos Street, Fleetwood
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Fielden Free Library and Fleetwood Museum.
The Fielden Free Library
Library
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What became the Fielden Free Library started life as the Whitworth Institute, built in the Venetian Gothic style in 1863. It was bought by Samuel Fielden in 1887 and offered to the town as a public library. The Fielden Free Library is situated 630 feet south of Pharos Lighthouse.
Fleetwood Museum
Museum
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Fleetwood Museum is a local history and maritime museum in the English seaside town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. The museum was originally the town's Customs House and, completed in 1836, was one of the first buildings constructed in Fleetwood. Fleetwood Museum is situated 720 feet southeast of Pharos Lighthouse.
Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Beach Lighthouse is a 44-foot tall sandstone lighthouse in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Beach Lighthouse is situated 830 feet northwest of Pharos Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and Cleveleys.
Thornton
Town
Thornton is a village in the Borough of Wyre, about 4 miles north of Blackpool and 2 miles south of Fleetwood. The civil parish of Thornton became an urban district in 1900, and was renamed Thornton-Cleveleys in 1927. Thornton is situated 3½ miles south of Pharos Lighthouse.
Cleveleys
Photo: Michael D Beckwith, CC0.
Cleveleys or Thornton-Cleveleys is a part of the Wyre local council area in Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles north of Blackpool, with which it has grown to merge along with the other Fylde Coast towns of Bispham, Lytham St Annes and Fleetwood.
Anchorsholme
Suburb
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Anchorsholme is a suburban area of Blackpool and the name of a ward in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. It lies close to the town of Cleveleys. Anchorsholme is situated 4 miles south of Pharos Lighthouse.
Pharos Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Fleetwood, Wyre District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.92648° or 53° 55′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.00752° or 3° 0′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C5RWXGR+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 475564875OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q1518513
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Russian—“Pharos Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Svjetionik Pharos (Fleetwood)”
- Croatian: “Svjetionik Pharos”
- Dutch: “Pharos Lighthouse”
- French: “phare de Fleetwood High”
- French: “Phare de Fleetwood High”
- German: “Pharos Lighthouse”
- Russian: “Маяк Фарос”
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