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Staying In or By a Lighthouse

Many light keepers cottages and other auxiliary buildings have been converted to holiday accommodation and are available to rent. They can be the ideal location for a break even if lighthouses are not a real interest to you, you get sea air, great views and more.

You may however just want to check the situation on the 'fog horn' on the location of interest, and if you sleep walk or have small children then consider the safely of the site. You should also check how far you have to walk, you have to carry luggage, shopping and if going in and out this can turn from pleasure into a task to overcome.

The locations we have identified so far are listed below, they are in alphabetical order by country or area, using the same groupings as our other listings. Below this are links to some organisations that rent them out, and you may want to check these as they may have others we have not so far listed.

If you know of others or discover any errors in this listing then please let us know.

England and Wales

Lighthouse	Location	Link
Anvil Point Lighthouse	Dorset	Rowena Cottage on Rural Retreats
Belle Tout Lighthouse	Sussex	Belle Tout B&B
Bull Point Lighthouse	Devon	Keepers cottage available now as holiday rental Rural Retreats
Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse	Somerset	www.lighthouseholiday.com
Cromer Lighthouse	Norfolk	holiday/overnight accommodations
Lundy Island (Old Light)	Devon	Landmark Trust   Light Cottage Old Light Lower  Old Light Upper
Lynmouth Forelands Lighthouse	Devon	keeper's house holiday rental
Old Hunstanton Lighthouse	Norfolk	Own - Holiday Let
Pendeen Lighthouse	Cornwall	3 keepers cottages available as holiday rental via Rural Retreats
Point Lynas Lighthouse	Anglesey	East Keepers Cottage   West Keepers Cottage
Souter Point Lighthouse	Durham	Info on self catering accommodation at the lighthouse
South Foreland Lighthouses	Kent	Self catering accommodation at the lighthouse
St Ann's Head Lighthouse	Pembrokeshire	Old Lighthouse Holiday Let
St Anthony's Lighthouse	Cornwall	Sally Port Cottage at Rural Retreats
Start Point Lighthouse	Devon	Rural Retreats Holiday Accommodation
Trevose Head Lighthouse	Cornwall	Rural Retreats
The West Usk Lighthouse	Monmouthshire	West Usk Lighthouse
Llandudno Lighthouse	Caernarfonshire	Lighthouse Llandudno Hotel

Photo by Christopher Ware

Lynmouth Forelands Lighthouse

Scotland

Lighthouse	Location	Link
Bressay Lighthouse	Shetland Isles	Lighthouse Holidays
Buchan Ness Lighthouse	Aberdeenshire	Buchanness Lighthouse Holidays
Cantick Head Lighthouse	Orkney Isles	Cantick Head Lighthouse Cottages
Corran Lighthouse	Argyllshire	Lighthouse Lodge
Corsewall Lighthouse	Wigtownshire	Lighthousehotel.co.uk
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse	Morayshire	National Trust for Scotland Holidays
Esha Ness Lighthouse	Shetland	www.lighthouse-holidays.com
Killantringan Lighthouse	Wigtownshire	Killantringan Self Catering Accommodation
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse	Wigtownshire	Mull of Galloway Trust
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse	Argyllshire	Kintyre Cottages
Rubh Re/Rua Reidh Lighthouse	Inverness-shire	Rua Reidh Lighthouse Holidays
Rudh An Duin Lighthouse	Argyllshire	Lochindaal House
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse	Shetland Isles	www.lighthouse-holidays.com

Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel          Aerial Photo Marinas.com

Ireland

Lighthouse	Location	Link
Blackhead Antrim Lighthouse	Antrim, Northern Ireland	Irish Landmark Trust
Galley Head Lighthouse	Co. Cork, Ireland	Irish Landmark Trust
Loophead Lighthouse	Co. Clare, Ireland	Irish Landmark Trust
Wicklow Head Lighthouse	Co. Wicklow, Ireland	Irish Landmark Trust

Photo by Wilson Adams

Blackhead Antrim Lighthouse

Organisations that have lighthouse accommodation available for holiday lets include;

Rural Retreats have a number of lighthouses within their Lighthouse section for holiday lets.

National Trust Holiday Cottages they have a find a cottage search, but also some special search headings such as Coastal holiday cottages. If you know the property or location you want to visit then you can be specific about this.

National Trust for Scotland Holiday Accommodation   - have a Lighthouse section

The Landmark Trust have some but there is no easy way to find them, you need to select it by name from their list.

The Irish Landmark Trust