Lighthouses · Hunstanton
Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
lighthouse in Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK
- TypeLighthouses
- WhereHunstanton, United Kingdom
Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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About Old Hunstanton Lighthouse
Old Hunstanton Lighthouse is a former lighthouse located in Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk, generally called Hunstanton Lighthouse during its operational life. It was built at the highest point available on this part of the coast, on top of Hunstanton Cliffs, and served to help guide vessels into the safe water of Lynn Deeps.
Although the present lighthouse was built in 1840, there had been a lighthouse on the site since the 17th century (prior to which a light to aid navigation may have been displayed from St Edmund's Chapel, the ruins of which stand nearby). Prior to the establishment of the Lynn Well light vessel in 1828, Hunstanton Lighthouse provided the only visible guide to ships seeking to enter The Wash at night.
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