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Managing Organization:
Trinity House
Website: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/portland_bill.html
Email:
Contact Address Information:
Tower Hill
London
United Kingdom
Notes:
The 1869 high and low lighthouses at this site still stand.
Tower Height: 134
Height of Focal Plane: 141
Characteristic and Range: Four white flashes every 20 seconds, visible for 25 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: Conical white tower with central red horizontal band.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1716
Date Present Tower Built: 1906
Date Automated: 1996
Optics: First order catadioptric fixed Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
A museum and visitors center are at the lighthouse. Guided tours are available April - September, Sunday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Last admission 4:30). For further information telephone: (01305) 861233.
Directions:
Portland Bill Lighthouse is at the southerly tip of the Isle of Portland, 1.2 miles south of the village of Easton. Parking is available near the lighthouse.
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