South Foreland Lower Lighthouse
The South Foreland Lighthouses are a pair of Victorian lighthouses on the South Foreland in St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands.Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in St. Margaret’s At Cliffe, Dover, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “South Foreland Low” and “St Margaret’s Old Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Foreland Upper Lighthouse and Fan Bay Deep Shelter.
South Foreland Upper Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Foreland Upper Lighthouse is situated 1,100 feet west of South Foreland Lower Lighthouse.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter
Photo: Inklin235, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter is a series of tunnels constructed during World War II as accommodation for Fan Bay Battery artillery battery, 23 metres down in the White Cliffs of Dover at Fan Bay near the Port of Dover. Fan Bay Deep Shelter is situated 3,900 feet southwest of South Foreland Lower Lighthouse.
Church of St Margaret
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Church of St Margaret is situated 1 mile north of South Foreland Lower Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Cliffe and Martin Mill.
West Cliffe
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cliffe or Westcliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St. Margaret's At Cliffe, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England, near Dover. In 1931 the parish had a population of 88.
Martin Mill
Hamlet
Photo: Rosie Burnham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martin Mill is a village in east Kent, England. It takes its name from the nearby village of Martin. Martin Mill railway station is on the Dover to Deal railway line. Martin Mill is situated 2½ miles northwest of South Foreland Lower Lighthouse.
East Langdon
Hamlet
Photo: Rosie Burnham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Langdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Langdon, in the Dover district of Kent, England. It is 3 miles northeast from Dover town. East Langdon is situated 2½ miles northwest of South Foreland Lower Lighthouse.
South Foreland Lower Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14096° or 51° 8′ 28″ northLongitude
1.37605° or 1° 22′ 34″ eastInception
1843Open location code
9F3349RG+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 888516518OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q26323604
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In Other Languages
“South Foreland Lower Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- German: “South Foreland Low”
- German: “South Foreland Lower Lighthouse”
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Highlights include South Foreland Lighthouse and South Foreland.
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