Whitby Lighthouse
Whitby Lighthouse is a lighthouse operated by Trinity House. It is on Ling Hill, on the coast to the southeast of Whitby, beyond Saltwick Bay. To distinguish it from the two lighthouses in Whitby itself it is sometimes known as Whitby High lighthouse.
- Building
- …lies at an elevation of 240 feet (73 metres)
- …is also known as “Whitby High Light”
- …stands 43 feet (13 metres) tall
- Description: grade II listed lighthouse in Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitby Abbey and Hawsker railway station.
Whitby Abbey
Historic site
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. Whitby Abbey is situated 1½ miles northwest of Whitby Lighthouse.
Hawsker railway station
Railway station
Hawsker was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. Hawsker railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Whitby Lighthouse.
All Saints’ Church, Hawsker
Church
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Hawsker, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. All Saints’ Church, Hawsker is situated 1¼ miles south of Whitby Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stainsacre and Whitby.
Whitby
Whitby is a picturesque town on the coast of North Yorkshire.
Ruswarp
Village
Ruswarp is a village in the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. Ruswarp is situated 2½ miles west of Whitby Lighthouse.
Whitby Lighthouse
- Category: lighthouse
- Location
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Latitude
54.47779° or 54° 28′ 40″ north
Longitude
-0.56822° or 0° 34′ 6″ west
Open location code
9C6XFCHJ+4P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Whitby Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Whitby”
- French: “Phare de Whitby”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Whitby”
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