South Stack Lighthouse, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales.
So, just got back from another short break in Wales and more sightseeing trips around and about.
Holyhead is roughly about 60 miles from where we were staying and after viewing a map of North Wales which stated that South Stack Lighthouse was ranked as the 3rd most popular photographed landscape in the UK on a tourist website, we decided to pay it a visit. The weather was playing ball for a change with not a single cloud in the sky, hardly any wind at all, plus it was fairly warm too!
A bit more about the Lighthouse:
The South Stack Lighthouse has warned passing ships of the treacherous rock below since its completion in 1809. The 91-foot (28 m)-tall lighthouse on South Stack was designed by Daniel Alexander and the main light is visible to passing vessels for 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi), and was designed to allow safe passage for ships on the treacherous Dublin–Holyhead–Liverpool sea route. It provides the first beacon along the northern coast of Anglesey for east-bound ships. It is followed by lighthouses, fog horns and other markers at North Stack, Holyhead Breakwater, The Skerries, the Mice, Point Lynas and at the south-east tip of the island Trwyn Du. The lighthouse is operated remotely by Trinity House. It has been visited by the team at Most Haunted.
Visitors can climb to the top of the lighthouse and tour the engine room and exhibition area. The lighthouse is open seasonally, unfortunately though not until mid April, so couldn't get inside!
thanks all :)