Littlehampton East Pier Range Rear

1869

1948 (station established 1848)

United Kingdom

Littlehampton Harbour

4th order

Fixed

Active

light 6 s on, 1.5 s off, showing white over the channel to the south southeast and yellow toward the south southwest

Approx. 7 m (23 ft) concrete tower with four tapering buttresses and a cylindrical lantern. Original lighthouse had a hexagonal wood tower.

The Lighthouse A 40ft pyramidal tower with a light had already been built at what became the start of the pier in 1848. This became the rear range for a shorter 26ft tower at the end of the pier, built in 1868. Affectionately known as ‘salt & pepper’, both were demolished in 1940 to prevent them being used by the Germans as navigational markers and there was no light until the present tower was built in 1948. HM Coast Guard Littlehampton is adjacent to the lighthouse. The current front light is on a post on the east pier. Located near the foot of the pier, at the end of Pier Road, on the Littlehampton waterfront.

In 1948, the current 23ft concrete tower was erected. The front range is a simple green light on a 10ft pole.

Littlehampton Harbour Board

Littlehampton Harbour Board

Open

Closed

50°48'7.380"N, 0°32'31.315"W

1. https://gmarlowe.medium.com/a-history-of-littlehamptons-pier-road-and-bayford-road-bf9b518759b6;
2. https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/engs.htm

ARLHS ENG-066; Admiralty A0801.1; NGA 1084.