Strumble Head Lighthouse

 

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Strumble Head Lighthouse

Strumble head lighthouse is just one of the many lighthouses that surrounds the United Kingdom

The lighthouse station was built for the greater safety of sea traffic between Ireland and Fishguard Harbour and is located on cliffs and a breakwater three miles to the east. The light also formed a link with South Bishop light, 18 miles to the south-west.

Visit Date July 2021

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This is one of my visits to the Pembrokshire Coast in South Wales.

The day started with bright and hot, however, as we got to this part of the coast the mist rolled in around the headland, the temperature dropped and the visibility got shorter illustrating why this lighthouse is needed here. When I left the lighthouse just a half a mile inland it was like another part of the country with bright hot summer sunshine.

Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicel (St. Michael's Island), also known as Strumble Head, a rocky island at the northwest corner of Pencaer area, quite near the town of Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

This stretch of coast is very dangerous, and some 60 vessels are known to have been lost along it in the 19th Century alone.

The lighthouse replaced a light vessel previously moored in the south of Cardigan Bay.

The Lighthouse was reached by an iron bridge and is currently off-limits so you are unable to get to the lighthouse unless it is one of the open days or educational tours that happen infrequently.

A plaque in the lantern-room is inscribed with a verse from Psalm 127:

Except the Lord Build the house

They labour in vain that build it

Except the Lord keep the city

The Watchman waketh but in vain

The circular stone tower is 55 ft high and still contains the original lantern complete with Fresnel lens.

Illumination was updated from paraffin to electricity in 1949. The Lighthouse was fully electrified in 1965 when the optical system was also replaced by more compact equipment.

The Lighthouse was fully automated in 1980 but monitored with regular visits made by an attendant from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich.

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52.029738410495085, -5.073602151740549

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OS Details:-
SM 89239 41270

Additional information.
Visiting is easy but the roads to the lighthouse are quite narrow.
Take the A40 from Haverfordwest to Fishguard , then left on Quay Road and follow signs for Strumble Head
There are two parking areas. The first you will come to on the road is (52.02963342008546, -5.069457876611645) there is rooom for perhaps a dozen cars, however there is also a small car park a little further on but it is not obvious (52.028993841497254, -5.07054577404669)