Beach Lighthouse (Fleetwood)

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Beach Lighthouse (Fleetwood)
The Beach Lighthouse, Fleetwood
Location:	Fleetwood, England
Year first lit:	1840
Construction:	sandstone
Tower shape:	octagonal lantern/square section
Height:	m (44 ft)
Range:	6 nautical miles (11 km)
Characteristic:	2 second green flash; light aligns with Upper Light guides shipping down Wyre Channel

The Beach Lighthouse (also known as the Lower Light) is a 44-foot (13 m) tall sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton has been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Unusual for a lighthouse it is in neoclassical style with a square colonnaded base, square tower, and octagonal lantern and gallery.

The 'Lower Light' stands on Fleetwood sea front and was built with its pair the 'Upper Light' or Pharos lighthouse to provide a navigational guide to shipping entering the Wyre estuary. Togeather the Lights provide a leading line when the Pharos light is directly above that of the Lower Light. In turn they point to the Wyre Light on the North Wharf Bank, 2 nautical miles offshore.

Both lighthouses were first illuminated (December 1, 1840). Togeather they provide a range of about 12 nautical miles (22 km). The lighthouse is managed by the Port of Fleetwood.