Location | Uskmouth Newport Wales United Kingdom |
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OS grid | ST3111582882 |
Coordinates | 51°32′26″N 2°59′41″W / 51.54061°N 2.99465°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1821 |
Built by | James Walker |
Construction | brick tower |
Height | 17 metres (56 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 2-storey keeper’s house |
Markings | white tower and lantern |
Operator | West Usk Lighthouse[1] |
Heritage | Grade II listed building |
Light | |
Deactivated | 1922 |
West Usk Lighthouse is a Grade II-listed building on the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Usk south of the city of Newport, South Wales.