Gorleston Lighthouse, Gorleston

Name: Gorleston Lighthouse
Address: Gorleston, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Gorleston

Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Gorleston Lighthouse is located near mouth of River Yare in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The lighthouse was built in 1878. Gorleston-on-Sea lighthouse carries two lights. The rear light for the harbour entrance range is mounted on the tower with a focal plane of 6.7 metres; a fixed red light is also displayed from the gallery with a focal plane of 20.1 metres. ()

Coordinates: 52°34'20"N, 1°43'56"E

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Gorleston United Kingdom

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Day trips

Gorleston Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pleasure Beach, Roller Coaster, The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth Row Houses.

1.5 miN
Amusement park
Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth
38 min walk • The Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth is an amusement park located in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the English east coast. It opened in 1909. The largest and most popular ride at the park is the wooden Roller Coaster which opened in 1932.
1.4 miN
Amusement ride, Amusement, Amusement park
Roller Coaster, Great Yarmouth
37 min walk • Roller Coaster – also known as Scenic Railway or The Scenic – is a wooden roller coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth, UK. The ride was built at the park in 1932 and has remained operational since. It is one of only two scenic railways still in operation in the UK and one of only seven in the world.
2.2 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth
57 min walk • The Tolhouse is a 12th-century building in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The building has been used as a jail and a courthouse and is currently a museum. The Tolhouse is a Grade I listed building.
2.2 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Great Yarmouth Row Houses, Great Yarmouth
56 min walk • Great Yarmouth Row Houses were wealthy merchant's residences located on South Quay in the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk.
2.1 miN
Concerts and shows, Museum, Music venue
Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
55 min walk • The Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth was built by the showman George Gilbert in 1903 and designed by architect Ralph Scott Cockrill.
2.4 miN
52°36'22"N • 1°44'10"E
Leisureland Arcade, Great Yarmouth
60 min walk • Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
2.2 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Nelson Museum, Great Yarmouth
56 min walk • The Nelson Museum was a small museum housed in a Grade II listed Georgian Merchant's house on South Quay in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was formed from the collection of local agriculturalist Ben Burgess, who was a lifelong collector of Nelson related artefacts.
2 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Time and Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth
53 min walk • Time and Tide: The Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom, is set in one of the UK's best-preserved Victorian herring curing works and is Norfolk's third largest museum.
2.3 miN
City hall
Great Yarmouth Town Hall, Great Yarmouth
60 min walk • Great Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
2.3 miN
52°36'19"N • 1°43'31"E
Elizabethan House Museum, Great Yarmouth
59 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
~410 ftS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Gorleston Pavilion, Gorleston
2 min walk • Gorleston Pavilion or Pavilion Theatre is located near the mouth of River Yare in the town of Gorleston-on-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. Commonly described as an Edwardian Theatre, it was built in 1898 and was designed by the Borough Engineer J W Cockrill.