Lighthouses around and off the Coast of Cornwall

National Lighthouse Museum in Penzance

The Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum in Penzance was opened in 1991 by the Duke of York, the museum has one of the finest collections of lighthouse equipment in the world. With  equipment saved from famous lighthouses such as Eddystone, Bishop, Longships and Wolf Rock. Visitors to the museum can operate equipment that is  the 100-years-old try out a foghorn or watch video and film of covering the history of Trinty House and Lighthouses.

Cornwall's Lighthouses.

• Trevose Head Lighthouse - built in 1847. Situated some 4.5 miles from Padstow.
• Godrevy Lighthouse - built in 1858 on Godrevy Island in St Ives bay.
• Pendeen Lighthouse - built in 1900 on Pendeen Watch headland.
• Seven Stones Lightvessel - anchored 15 miles WNW of Longships Lighthouse.
• Longships Lighthouse - first built in 1795 1.5 miles out from Land's End.
• Wolf Rock Lighthouse - first beacon built in 1795 8 miles from Land's End.
• Round Island Lighthouse - built in 1887 2.5 miles north of St Mary's.
• Peninnis Head Lighthouse - built in 1911 on the southern tip of St Mary's.
• Bishop Rock Lighthouse - first started in 1847 on an isolated rock SW of Scilly Isles.
• Tater Du Lighthouse - built in 1965 near Penzance.
• Lizard Lighthouse - first built in 1619 at the end of the Lizard peninsula.
• St Anthony's Head Lighthouse - built in 1835 at entrance to Falmouth harbour.
• Eddystone Lighthouse - first built in 1698 8 miles off Rame Head.    

The Trinity House Lighthouse Service

Trinity house is the  General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar and as such look after all of the Lighthouses in Cornwall.

Their remit is to provide Aids to Navigation to assist the safe passage of a huge variety of vessels through some of the busiest sea-lanes in the world.

Trinity House is  responsible for the annual inspection and auditing of Aids to Navigation provided by local port and harbour authorities and those provided on offshore structures such as production platforms or wind farms.

Trinity House is also responsible for marking, and dispersing wrecks which are a danger to navigation.

Where we have a video and more information on any Cornish Lighthouse we have provided a link.

To learn more about Trinity House and the work it does Visit the Trinity House web site.