TH Royal Sovereign Light Tower

Name: TH Royal Sovereign Light Tower
Address: England, GB

Royal Sovereign

ENG-257

5.5nm SE of Eastbourne, Eastbourne, Offshore UK

50.724833, 0.434 · 63 feet

1971-2023

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Location Tracking

Royal Sovereign Lighthouse (remains), England, United Kingdom

Nearby Locations

		Km
Eastbourne College		11.6	292°
de la Warr Pavillion	GBBXB	12.7	012°
Eastbourne District Hospital	EGC97	13.6	301°
Deanland	EGKL	26.1	312°
Kittyhawk Aerodrome		27.3	306°
South Heighton		28.5	290°

The Light, with integral helipad was raised in 1971, replacing a Light Vessel which had been in place since 1875. The Light was automated in 1994, then finally turned off in Mar 2022 and the tower demolished in 2023.

Units

			Abrev	Nick
1971-	Lighthouse Operations

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