Pharos Lighthouse [Upper Light], Fleetwood
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Pharos Lighthouse [Upper Light], Fleetwood
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 12 Mar 2020
Fleetwood's Beach and Pharos lighthouses Image form a pair. When sailors see the light from the taller Pharos directly above that from the shorter Beach, they know that they have a safe passage through the offshore sandbanks at the mouth of the Wyre estuary. The lighthouses were first lit in 1840.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.926417
Longitude
-3.007639