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Spurn Lighthouse

Built in 1895 this is the 'high' lighthouse at the southern end of the peninsula.

Lighthouses have been located on Spurn for over five hundred years. John Smeaton, the celebrated engineer who had built the Eddystone lighthouse, designed and built two new lighthouses. In 1852, a new low lighthouse was built on the Humber foreshore, and in 1895, because there was evidence that the foundations of Smeaton’s lighthouse were giving way, the present lighthouse was erected. With the building of the new lighthouse, which emitted fixed beams of light from various levels, the low lighthouse became redundant. In 1985 modern technology made this lighthouse redundant too. (Information from Link )