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| Location | Wolf Rock, Cornwall, Wolf Rock, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 49°56′49″N 5°48′26″W / 49.94694°N 5.80722°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1869  |
| Built by | James Walker |
| Construction | granite (tower), concrete (foundation) |
| Automated | 1988 |
| Height | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with lantern and helipad on the top |
| Markings | unpainted (tower), black (lantern) |
| Operator | Trinity House |
| Fog signal | 1 blast every 30s. |
| Racon | T |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Lens | 1st order catadioptric rotating (original), 4th order (250mm) catadioptric rotating (current) |
| Intensity | 17,100 candela |
| Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic |  Fl W 15s |
Wolf Rock Lighthouse is on the Wolf Rock (Cornish: An Welv, meaning the lip),[1] a single rock located 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) east of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Land's End, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2] The fissures in the rock are said to produce a howling sound in gales, hence the name.[3][4][5]
The lighthouse is 116m[6] in height and is constructed from Cornish granite prepared at Penzance, on the mainland of Cornwall. It took eight years, from 1861 to 1869, to build due to the treacherous weather conditions that can occur between the Cornish mainland and the Isles.[7] The light is visible from Land's End by day and night. It has a range of 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) and was automated in 1988. The lighthouse was the first in the world to be fitted with a helipad.[8]
- ^ "Cornish Language Partnership: Place names". cornwall.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Admiralty Chart 1148: Isles of Scilly to Lands End.
- ^ Jones, Robin (2011). Lighthouses of the South West. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. ISBN 978-0-85704-107-4.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Wolf Rock Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 24 April 2016
- ^ https://cornishbirdblog.com/wolf-rock-lighthouse/
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ "Trinity House Wolf Rock". www.trinityhouse.co.uk. Corporation of Trinity House. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.