 West Usk Lighthouse, 2013 | |
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| Location | Uskmouth Newport Wales United Kingdom |
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| OS grid | ST3111582882 |
| Coordinates | 51°32′26″N2°59′41″W / 51.54061°N 2.99465°W /51.54061; -2.99465 |
| 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 |
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| Deactivated | 1922 |
West Usk Lighthouse is aGrade II-listed building on theSevern Estuary at the mouth of theRiver Usk south of the city ofNewport,South Wales.
Thelighthouse was constructed in 1821. It was the first to be built byJames Walker (1781–1862), a prominent Scottish civil engineer.[2] Amongst other projects, Walker went on to build another 21 lighthouses. The land around the lighthouse has beenreclaimed as farmland but it stood on an island until 1856. It was decommissioned as an operational lighthouse in 1922.[citation needed]
The lighthouse is currently operating as a hotel. For hotel guests, a private road off the B4239 (Lighthouse Road) leads to the lighthouse. Alternatively, it may be reached by a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) walk along the sea wall footpath from the car park of the Lighthouse Inn on Beach Road. The lighthouse is situated next to the Pont-y-cwcw Reen. It was featured in July 2008 on an episode of theChannel 5 television seriesThe Hotel Inspector[3] and in 2020 on theDoctor Whotwelfth series episode "Fugitive of the Judoon".[4] The lighthouse is aGrade II listed building.[5]
The less substantialEast Usk Lighthouse, on the opposite bank of the River Usk, is within theNewport Wetlands wildlife reserve.
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