Best Things Across The UK

Anvil Point Lighthouse: A Beacon on Dorset's Jurassic Coast On a headland just south of Swanage, where the cliffs of the Isle of Purbeck drop away to the English Channel, Anvil Point Lighthouse has marked this stretch of the Dorset coast since 1881. It is a squat,...

Pendeen Lighthouse: A Wild Atlantic Beacon on Cornwall's Mining Coast On a granite headland at the far western edge of Cornwall, where the Atlantic crashes against some of the most dramatic cliffs in Britain, Pendeen Lighthouse — known locally as Pendeen Watch — has...

St Catherine's Lighthouse: 700 Years of Light on the Isle of Wight At the southernmost tip of the Isle of Wight, where the chalk and sandstone cliffs face the open English Channel, there has been a guiding light for the best part of seven hundred years. The story...

Lizard Lighthouse: Twin Towers Guarding Britain's Southern Tip At the very bottom of mainland Britain, where the Lizard Peninsula reaches its final point of granite and the English Channel opens out towards the Atlantic, a lighthouse has stood guard for nearly 270...

Belle Tout Lighthouse: The Cliff-Top Beacon That Was Moved to Survive Stand on the cliffs of Beachy Head at dusk and you understand immediately why a lighthouse was built here. The chalk falls away beneath your feet in a sheer white drop to the English Channel; the...