Porthcawl Lighthouse (Porthcawl)
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At the end of Porthcawl Pier stands a white lighthouse built in 1860. The lighthouse is currently in use as a navigational aid. Porthcawl Lighthouse was the last coal and gas-powered lighthouse in the UK. It switched to being powered by North Sea gas in 1974, before becoming powered by electricity in 1997.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°28'23"N 3°41'59"W
- Mumbles Lighthouse 22 km
- Great Castle Head Lighthouse 102 km
- St. Ann's Head Lighthouse 105 km
- Eddystone Lighthouse 149 km
- Saint Albans Light House 156 km
- Channel Light Vessel Automatic 183 km
- No Mans Land Fort Light 199 km
- Horse Sand Fort Light 200 km
- Nab Tower 212 km
- Casquets triple Lighthouses 216 km
- Porthcawl Comprehensive School 1.2 km
- Rest Bay 2.5 km
- Royal Porthcawl Golf Course 3.1 km
- Grove Golf Club 3.3 km
- Grove Quarry 3.5 km
- Cornelly Quarry 4.1 km
- Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club 4.6 km
- Sker Point 4.8 km
- Kenfig Pool and Dunes National Nature Reserve 5.9 km
- Bristol Channel 20 km