Eddystone Lighthouse

The most famous lighthouse in the British Isles is probably the Eddystone, built on a small and very dangerous rock 13 miles south west of Plymouth.

There have been four separate lighthouses built here. The original tower, completed in 1698, was the first lighthouse to be built on a small rock in the open sea. The history is as follows:

Winstanley’s Tower 1698 – 1703
Rudyerd’s Tower 1709 – 1755
Smeaton’s Tower 1759 – 1882
Douglass’s Tower – 1882 Onwards

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7 Day Weather Forecast

Today

8.3℃–9.2℃

7.9 m/s (NNE)

Tue, Nov 18

7.8℃–9.5℃

1.7 m/s (N)

Wed, Nov 19

8.2℃–10.4℃

10.9 m/s (WNW)

Thu, Nov 20

5.7℃–6.6℃

8.2 m/s (N)

Fri, Nov 21

5.8℃–6.8℃

6.3 m/s (N)

Sat, Nov 22

10.9℃–11.3℃

9.2 m/s (SSW)

Sun, Nov 23

9.9℃–11.2℃

8.8 m/s (WNW)

Mon, Nov 24

8.1℃–9.1℃

3.4 m/s (N)

Our Plymouth weather forecast is from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK

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