Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse

Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse stands on Foreland Point in Devon, a white brick tower built in 1900 to guide ships through the Bristol Channel. The round tower rises 67 metres above high tide and flashes four times every fifteen seconds. Its original optic, made by Chance Brothers & Co., was driven by clockwork until 1975, when it was replaced by a motor. The lighthouse once used an explosive fog signal that fired every five minutes until 1958. A diesel-powered electric fog signal with thirty Tannoy speakers followed, though it has since been removed. The light itself was electrified in 1975 and automated in 1994, and in 2021 its rotating Fresnel lens was replaced with static LED lanterns. The keeper’s cottage, now a National Trust holiday home, sits on a slope that sees little sun outside summer. From its windows visitors spot porpoises and seabirds, while deer shelter in the nearby combe. The old lens was loaned to Lynmouth Sailing Club for display after removal.