Location: Portland Bill, Dorset.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Coastal Historic Buildings/Sites Dorset/Weymouth & Portland
File Size: 29MB
Close up of the red & white painted 41metre tall Portland Bill Lighthouse built in 1906 & automated in 1996 now monitored by the Trinity House operational HQ in Harwich by telemetric link it is open to the public in season there has been a lighthouse on Portland since 1716 when two towers with enclosed lanterns and coal fires were constructed by Trinity House to guide vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth through the Portland Race and to act as a waymark for mariners navigating the English Channel Portland Bill Isle of Portland Weymouth South West Dorset South West England UK closeup; close up; tower; light; watch; warning; blue sky; high clouds; sunlight; sunshine; sunny; building; windows; holiday; vacation; travel; tourism; tourist attraction; Jurassic; Coast; coast; coastal; World Heritage Site; portrait; upright; vertical; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom