Gunfleet Lighthouse

Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. George Henry Saunders was the contractor. Walker and Burges were the Engineers.[2] It is 74 feet (23 m) in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red. The living accommodation comprises a living room, bedroom, kitchen/washroom and storeroom.[3]

Gunfleet Lighthouse
Distant view taken in 2010
Southern England
Locationoffshore of Frinton-on-Sea
Essex
England
Coordinates51°46′08″N 1°20′30″E
Year first constructed1850
Deactivated1921
Constructionscrew-pile tower
Tower shapehexagonal tower with keeper's quarter, balcony and lantern
Tower height23 metres (75 ft)
ARLHS numberENG-049
Managing agentGunfleet Sands Windfarm[1]

It was deactivated in 1921.[4] though still in use as an automated weather station by the Port of London Authority,[3] and marks the northern limit of their jurisdiction.[5]

In 1974 an attempt was made to use the lighthouse as a base for the pirate radio station Radio Atlantis but this was thwarted by the authorities.[4]

See also

References
  1. Gunfleet The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 May 2016
  2. "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. "Gunfleet Lighthouse". Offshore Radio Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. "Tide Tables and Port Information" (PDF). Port of London Authority. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2014.


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