Pharos or Upper Lighthouse Fleetwood

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Pharos or Upper Lighthouse Fleetwood

Image: © Rod Grealish Taken: 27 Jul 2018

Opened in 1840 together with the Lower Lighthouse. The lights from each lighthouse were aligned to guide boats into Fleetwood safely though the Wyre Estuary.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.926417
Longitude
-3.007639