Light 1 of 8 · first lit 1848
Wickstone Head Light
The trust's namesake. A granite tower on the headland with its original first-order lens, still turned by clockwork.
- First lit
- 1848
- Status
- Lit
- Access
- Open to visitors, Apr-Oct
- Current keeper
- Miles High
- Keeper tenure
- 31 years
- Trust since
- 1896
Every tower earns its own habits. Wickstone Head Light teaches visitors the same lesson each season: the coast does not care about your schedule, and the people who work here have made peace with that.
What a visit looks like
Grounds and tower open on the published season days. Volunteer guides meet you at the gate, tell you the tower's grounding stories, and send you up or out depending on the weather. If the lamp room is working that day, you will see it from behind the rope line, exactly where a keeper would want you.
Why it matters
The Meridian Coast lost two towers to demolition before the trust stood up. Wickstone Head Light survives because people pay admission, join as members, and show up to paint in November. That is the whole economics of it.