Heugh Hill Lighthouse

Holy Island, Northumberland

Location Guide

Photo Phil Champion

Heugh Hill Lighthouse along with Guile Point Lighthouse gives a lead for vessels entering Holy Island Harbour. Trinity House assumed responsibility for marking the approach to the harbour on 1 November 1995. The lighthouse is a framework tower surmounted by a red triangular daymark.

It is very near to the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, statues, boat houses, and a number of other features, less than a quarter of the Geograph square is land, the rest being sea however there area 347 images available on Geograph for this small area, covering a wide variety of topics, but only 2 of this lighthouse.

Also select Geograph photo below and then select more lighthouses nearby, to see others in the area that we may not have yet included.

This is a modern structure, and it may be that some other form of lighthouse existed, undertaking the same job before, in the near area, but as yet I have not discovered it. This may be because it is known under a different name and the solution would therefore be to look to see historically how boats have got into and out of Holy Island harbour safely. Part of the solution to this we have already discovered looking at the Guile Point Lighthouse.

Lighthouse information Grid

Name:	Heugh Hill Lighthouse, Holy Island, Northumberland
Current status:	Currently in use
Geographic Position:	55° 40’.1 N 01° 47’.9 W
Grid Reference:	NU127416
Ceremonial County:	Northumberland
Appearance:	Metal tower structure, with red triangle
Map Link:	Get-a-map see Geograph image below for position NU127416
Aerial photo:
Other photos:	Geograph image Geograph images of area
Originally built:
Current lighthouse built:
Height of Tower:	8m
Height of light above mean sea level:	24m
Character of light:	Occulting White Red And Green Every 6 Seconds
Character of fog signal:
Range of light:	5 nautical miles
Owned / run by:	Trinity House
Getting there:
Access:	appears to be clearly visible in beach area
Website:	TH
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Other Relevant pages:	For more articles, lists and other information see the Lighthouses Section Lighthouse Map of England and Wales Featured List of Lighthouses - England and Wales List of Minor Lighthouses and Lights - England and Wales Guile Point Lighthouse
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By: Keith Park	Section: Lighthouses Section	Key:
Page Ref: Heugh_Hill_lighthouse	Topic: Lighthouses	Last Updated: 06/2010

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