My lighthouse awards...

Most stunning location... Beachy Head, England (right)

Most difficult to get to... St. Bees Head, Cumbria, England & The Needles

Cutest... Marshall Point, Maine, America

Best structure... Split Point & Hornby both in Australia

Ugliest... Cloch, Firth of Clyde, Scotland

(17) Pemaquid

First built in 1827, I visited 180 years later on 21st June 2007. It seemed a long journey to get to the tip of this peninsula. It was worth it though, the rocks that it sits on are stunning and attract many geologists to study them

This is the only lighthouse that I have been inside and to the top of, for no other reason than I am more attracted to the view of them, rather than from them. But I enjoyed my climb to the top and infact the whole visit to Pemaquid.

(16) Nubble

This is the first of seven lighthouses seen in one trip to Maine. There are a lot of lighthouses here but you're not falling over them you have to find them, which is half the fun.

This is Cape Neddick known as Nubble and if it is familiar then you've probably seen it in a guide book or an advert for Maine, it is one of it's most famous lighthouses.

It was a bit of a dull day when we visited on 20th June 2007. It's a really good spot though and a popular toursit attraction.

There's a bucket on a winch to get supplies from the island to the mainland, back in the 1960's the lighthouse keeper put his children in and winched them over so that they could go to school!

(15) Ardnamurchan Point

This is one of my favourite spots in Scotland. It's the most westerely point of mainland Britain and home to the most incredible scenery. Stunning beaches and coastlines, really remote.

The lighthouse was built in 1849. These pictures were taken on 29th April 2007. Luckilly every time I've been I've had excellent weather.

(14) Corran

This lighthouse was built in 1857 by Robert Louis Stephenson's father and Uncle. It is located near Fort William, Scotland, at the point where the ferry crosses to the Ardnamurchan Peninsula.

Visited 28th April 2007.

(13) Split Point

One of my favourite lighthouses Split Point is located at Airey's Inlet on the Great Ocean Road, which is a stunning scienic drive in Victoria.

Helped by strong blue skies that you can see above when I visited on 13th Jan 2007 the tower looks like it has just been painted. You can walk all around it and get lots of different views, also you can see it from miles away it really stands out. The beaches around it are favourites for surfers and the whole area has a really good vibe about it.

I've added some different views of the lighthouse.

(12) Cape Otway

This is mainland Australia's oldest surviving lighthouse built in 1848.

For many of the immigrants that came to Australia from Europe around this time it would have been the first thing that they saw of their new home.

We started our drive along Victoria's Great Ocean Road at this point and I took this picture on 12th Jan 2007.

(11) Hornby

I'll never forget taking the picture of this lighthouse. It was on the Manly Ferry which you board from Circular Quay in Sydney. On the way to Manly, at about this point you hit the swell of the sea and there is strong movement on the ferry. I did however manage to capture the moment and take this beautiful lighthouse, like no other one that I've ever seen.

The red and white vertical strips making a change form the same pattern but usually in the horizontal design.


Hornby was built at the entrance of the world's greatest natural harbours in 1858, I took this picture on 9th Jan 2007.

This was to be the first of three lighthouses that I would see in this amazing country.

(10) Brockton Point

Taken on 24th June 2006 during my first visit to Vancouver, one of my favourite cities.

The first lighthouse here was built in 1890. Brockton Point sits in Stanley Park, I took this while cycling along the Sea Wall with it's incredible views.

(9) Start Point

Built in 1836 on Start Point, an exposed peninsula on the South Devon coast, to guide ships along the English Channel.

This is one of my favourite stretches of the UK's coastline and you can walk it on the South West Coast Path.

Start Point is near the picturesque town of Dartmouth.

I took this picture on the 8th June 2005.

(8) The Three Sisters

This is one of the most unusual sights. You visit Nauset Lighthouse and then take a path for a walk of about 5 minutes to see the original lights that Nauset replaced in 1923. They are the Three sisters, three small lights made out of wood. So this is a picture of one of thse decomissioned lights that sits in its retirement field just west of the replacement Nauset Light.

I first visited on 10th Sep 2004 and then again in June 2010 which is when I took this picture.

(7) Nauset

Another Cape Cod Lighthouse, this time in Eastham. I first visited it on 10th Sep 2004 and returned again in June 2010 which is when I took this picture.

It's a really nice lighthouse, traditional with the red and white stripes which is the picture on Cape Cod Potato Chips (crisps). It's next to cliffs and a beach that we spent time on. It was first built in 1877 and this tower was constructed in 1923. It replaced the Three Sisters wooden lights, more on them next at No.8.

This is one of those lighthouses that you can walk all around and get lots of different views of. I really like that and it's good to get different views of them.

A messy 50th!

Look at the state of this lighthouse, which from the distance looks nice. However, close up you can see that the seagulls have been attacking it! Anyway, it's the 50th lighthouse that I have seen on my travels - wonder if I will get to 100. It's Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. Taken Aug 2nd 2010.

50 Lighthouses

On August 3rd 2010 I visited 3 lighthouses in a day and took my total to grand total to 50. Here's a list of them with the date that I photographed them.

I will get the blog up to date with them all detailed very soon.

On the left is a picture of Edgartown Light on Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, US. One of my favourite lighthouses.

1. Smeaton’s Tower, Plymouth, England – 30/07/00
2. The Needles, Isle of Wight, England – 20/04/03
3. Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, US – 07/09/04
4. Nobska, Cape Cod, US – 08/09/04
5. Chatham, Cape Cod, US – 08/09/04
6. Highland, Cape Cod, US – 09/09/04
7. Nauset, Cape Cod, US – 10/09/04
8. Three Sisters, Cape Cod, US – 10/09/04
9. Start Point, Devon, England – 08/06/05
10. Brockton Point, Vancouver, Canada – 24/06/06
11. Hornby, Australia – 09/01/07
12. Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia – 12/01/07
13. Split Point, Victoria, Australia – 13/01/07
14. Corran, Near Fort William, Scotland – 28/04/07
15. Ardnamurchan Point, Scotland – 29/04/07
16. Nubble, Maine, US – 20/06/07
17. Pemaquid, Maine, US – 21/06/07
18. Owl’s Head, Maine, US – 22/06/07
19. Marshall Point, Maine, US – 22/06/07
20. Curtis Island, Maine, US – 23/06/07
21. Bass Harbor, Maine, US – 24/06/07
22. Portland Head, Maine, US – 26/06/07
23. Neist Point, Skye, Scotland – 08/10/06
24. Pladda, Arran, Scotland – 27/07/07
25. Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa 17/01/08
26. Cape Point, South Africa – 18/01/08
27. Slangkop, South Africa – 18/01/08
28. Cape Coloumbine, South Africa – 19/01/08
29. Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland – 10/02/08
30. Cloch, Fith of Clyde, Scotland – 10/02/08
31. Cap Ferrat, South of France – 09/05/09
32. Prospect Point, Vancouver, Canada -12/06/09
33. Point Atkinson, Vancouver, Canada – 12/06/09
34. Active Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada – 13/06/09
35. Portlock Point, Vancouver Island, Canada – 13/06/09
36. Race Rocks, Vancouver Island, Canada – 16/06/09
37. Whiffen Spit, Vancouver Island, Canada – 17/06/09
38. Sherringham Point, Vancouver Island – 18/06/09
39. Fisguard, Vancouver Island – 19/06/09
40. Beachy Head, Sussex, England – 25/07/09
41. Shoreham, Sussex, England – 25/07/09
42. St. Mary’s, Tyne & Wear, England – 21/05/10
43. Souter, Tyne & Wear, England – 21/05/10
44. Southerness, Dumfries, Scotland – 21/05/10
45. West Chop, Martha’s Vineyard, US – 18/06/10
46. Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, US – 19/16/10
47. East Chop, Martha’s Vineyard, US – 20/06/10
48. Maryport, Cumbria, England – 03/08/10
49. St. Bee’s Head, Cumbria England – 03/08/10
50. Whitehaven, Cumbria, England – 03/08/10

(6) Highland

Called the Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse it was first built in 1797 to warn ships of the dangerous waters from Cape Ann to Nantucket.

This was the first of many lighthouses to be built on Cape Cod.

Visited on the 9th Sep 2004.

(5) Chatham

Chatham is a very nice town located in the “elbow” of Cape Cod the lighthouse was established in 1808 with the current structure built in 1879.

I first visited on the 8th September 2004, then again in June 2010.