Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at grid reference SW850766 near Padstow.
The tower is 27 metres tall, and has a range of 20 nautical miles (37 km), but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse, over 35 miles (56 km) away.
Famous quotes containing the words head and/or lighthouse:
“Don’t want no money from you Ethan, no money, Marty. Just a roof over old Mose head and a rocking chair by the fire, my own rocking chair by the fire.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)
“This lighthouse was the cynosure of all eyes.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)