Gunfleet Lighthouse

Gunfleet Lighthouse

Distant view taken in 2010
Gunfleet Lighthouse
Coordinates 51°46′45″N 1°21′27″E / 51.77917°N 1.35750°E / 51.77917; 1.35750
Year first constructed 1850
Deactivated 1921
Height 74 feet (23 m)

Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. It is 74 feet (23 m) in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red. The living accommodation comprises a living room, bedroom, kitchen/washroom and storeroom.[1]

It was abandoned in 1921[2] though still in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority,[1] and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.[3]

In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for a pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  2. 1 2 "Gunfleet Lighthouse". The Offshore Radio Fleet. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  3. "Tide Tables and Port Information" (PDF). Port of London Authority. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

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