The eight lights
Every tower has a temperament.
Four still burn. One keeps time by hand. Two you watch from a distance. One is a museum in a lantern room. All of them are ours to keep.
| Light | First lit | Status | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickstone Head Light | 1848 | Lit | Open to visitors, Apr-Oct |
| Brindle Rock Light | 1861 | Automated until 2019, now monitored | Exterior only |
| Skerrow Point Light | 1874 | Lit | Cottages open weekends |
| Lantern Deep Light | 1882 | Lit | View from the ferry |
| Old Halloway Light | 1891 | Unlit, preserved | Open to visitors, May-Sep |
| Cape Perrin Light | 1902 | Lit | Grounds open daily |
| Gannet Rock Light | 1911 | Lit | View from the ferry |
| Widow's Reef Light | 1923 | Lit | View from the coast path |
Wickstone Head Light
The trust's namesake. A granite tower on the headland with its original first-order lens, still turned by clockwork.
Visit the lightBrindle Rock Light
A cast-iron tower pinned to a tidal rock you can walk to at low water. The trust's hardest commute.
Visit the lightSkerrow Point Light
The last crewed light on the coast until 1987. Its keepers' cottages now hold the trust's archive.
Visit the lightLantern Deep Light
A screw-pile light standing in open water, painted rust-red so fishing boats read it before the fog does.
Visit the lightOld Halloway Light
Decommissioned in 1963 and left to the gulls until the trust re-roofed it in 2004. The lantern room is a museum now.
Visit the lightCape Perrin Light
A brick tower with a fog signal house that still sounds once a year, on the anniversary of the Perrin grounding.
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