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 Anvil Point Lighthouse from the north | |
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| Location | Swanage Dorset England |
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| Coordinates | 50°35′30.8″N 1°57′35.3″W / 50.591889°N 1.959806°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1881 |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Automated | 1991 |
| Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Operator | Trinity House[1] |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The lighthouse residential block, link building, sheds (now used as garage, engine house for lights and stores) and wall at Anvil Point |
| Designated | 21 March 1983 |
| Reference no. | 1153160 |
| Fog signal | deactivated |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Lens | 250mm 6 panel fourth order rotating optic (original), 1 single tier LED lantern (current) |
| Intensity | 1,080 candela |
| Range | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
The Anvil Point Lighthouse is a fully-automated lighthouse located at Durlston Country Park near Swanage in Dorset, England. It is owned by Trinity House and currently operated as two holiday cottages.
The lighthouse, residential block and associated buildings are listed Grade II as part of a single entry on the National Heritage List for England.[3]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Anvil Point Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 24 April 2016
- ^ "THE LIGHTHOUSE RESIDENTIAL BLOCK, LINK BUILDING, SHEDS (NOW USED AS GARAGE, ENGINE HOUSE FOR LIGHTS AND STORES) AND WALL AT ANVIL POINT, Swanage - 1153160 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2022.