List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. Former NLB lighthouses now disposed of are not included in the list.

Scotland (except principal island groups)[]

Major lighthouses[]

Name	Image	Area	Built
Ailsa Craig Lighthouse		South Ayrshire	1886
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse		Highland	1849
Bell Rock Lighthouse		Angus	1810
Buchan Ness Lighthouse		Boddam	1827[1]
Cape Wrath Lighthouse		Highland	1828[2]
Chanonry Lighthouse		Highland, Fortrose[3]	1846[4]
Corsewall Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway	1817[5]
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse		Lossiemouth	1846
Crammag Head Lighthouse		Dumfries and Galloway	1913
Davaar Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute	1854[6]
Duncansby Head Lighthouse		Duncansby Head	1924
Dunnet Head Lighthouse		Dunnet Head	1831[7]
Fidra Lighthouse		East Lothian[8]	1885[9]
Fife Ness Lighthouse		Fife Ness	1975[10]
Girdleness Lighthouse		Aberdeen	1833[11]
Holy Isle Inner Lighthouse		North Ayrshire	1877
Holy Isle Outer Lighthouse		North Ayrshire	1905
Inchkeith Lighthouse		Fife	1804[12]
Isle of May Lighthouse		Fife[13][3]	1816[14]
Kinnaird Head Lighthouses		Kinnaird Head
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse		Mull of Galloway	1830
Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse		Mull of Kintyre, Southend	1788[15]
North Rona Lighthouse		Outer Hebrides	1984
Noss Head Lighthouse		Highland	1849[16]
Pladda Lighthouse		North Ayrshire	1790[17]
Rattray Head lighthouse		Rattray Head	1895[18]
Rua Reidh Lighthouse		Highland	1912[19][20][11]
St. Abbs Lighthouse		Berwickshire	1862[21][11]
Sanda Island Lighthouse		Argyll and Bute	1850[22]
Scurdie Ness Lighthouse		Scurdie Ness	1870[11]
Stoer Head Lighthouse		Stoer Head, Lochinver	1870[23]
Strathy Point Lighthouse		Highland	1958[24]
Stroma Lighthouse		Caithness	1890
Sule Skerry Lighthouse		Orkney Islands	1895[25]
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse		Highland[26][3]	1830[27]

Minor lights[]

The Hebrides[]

Major lighthouses[]

Minor lights[]

Orkney[]

Major lighthouses[]

Minor lights[]

Shetland[]

Major lighthouses[]

Minor lights[]

Isle of Man[]

Major lighthouses[]

Minor lights[]

• Langness

See also[]

• List of lighthouses in Scotland

References[]

• "Northern Lighthouse Board: Lighthouses". Northern Lighthouse Board.
• The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses' Aids to Navigation Map 2012