St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete.Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse, Grade II listed building in Llanengan, Wales; on the highest point of the island, which is 4.5km approx off shore SE of Abersoch.
- Also known as: “Saint Tudwal’s Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porth Ceiriad and Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber.
Porth Ceiriad
Beach
Porth Ceiriad is a south-east facing beach and bay in the parish of Llanengan, near to Abersoch, in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It has several interesting geological features. Porth Ceiriad is situated 1¼ miles west of St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber
Stone
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cilan-Uchaf Burial Chamber is a stone, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
Abersoch Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: sion roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abersoch Lifeboat Station sits overlooking the harbour at Abersoch, a village approximately 27 miles south of Caernarfon, on the south-east coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales. Abersoch Lifeboat Station is situated 2½ miles northwest of St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abersoch and Llanengan.
Abersoch
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abersoch is a village in Llŷn particularly favoured for sailing. The village and the roads to the headlands west of it tend to get very crowded. Packed with holiday homes, making housing unaffordable to most locals, it becomes a bit of a ghost town outside of the main tourist season.
Llanengan
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. Llanengan is situated 3 miles west of St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
Llangian
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangian is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located 1 mile north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan. Llangian is situated 3½ miles northwest of St Tudwal’s Lighthouse.
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.79853° or 52° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.47119° or 4° 28′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C4QQGXH+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 355177150OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q15706061
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“St Tudwal’s Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Saint-Tudwal”
- French: “Phare de Saint-Tudwal”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska St Tudwal’s”
- Polish: “St Tudwal’s Lighthouse”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Tudwal’s Island West and St Tudwals Island West.
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