ATLAS · LIGHTHOUSES · UNITED KINGDOM
Lighthouses in United Kingdom
United Kingdom has 515 lighthouses on the map. The oldest dates to 200. 32 were built before 1800. The tallest stands 74 m. Below: how they split by era of construction, and the country’s oldest towers. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
LIGHTHOUSES515
OLDEST200
BUILT BEFORE 180032
By era of construction
Before 180032 · 6%
1800–1849103 · 20%
1850–1899116 · 23%
1900–194965 · 13%
1950 or later31 · 6%
Era unknown168 · 33%
Oldest lighthouses in United Kingdom
The country’s earliest towers by recorded year of construction, with height where known.
200Dubris Pharos19 m
1328St Catherine's Oratory11 m
1350St Andrew's Church11 m
1635Old Isle of May Lighthouse
1665Light on Chapel of St Edmund
1669Chalk Tower24 m
1680St Agnes Lighthouse74 m
1691North Foreland Lighthouse26 m
1717Skerries Lighthouse23 m
1719Formby Lighthouse
1727Fish Quay Old High Light
1727Fish Quay Old Low Light