Runner runs past a stilted, wooden lighthouse at sunset.

Low Lighthouse

Low Lighthouse is sometimes referred to the ‘lighthouse on legs’, and was purposefully built to stand very tall above the beach in Burnham-on-Sea. It was constructed in 1832. The structure was built to supplement a local pillar-shaped lighthouse which was thought to be too short to be seen by all vessels using the channel.

I was lucky enough to visit the lighthouse during a golden sunset. Many dog walker and runners were using the beach for exercise at the time, and I managed to capture one of them in this shot.

Photo information

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

ISO 100, 22mm, f/13, HDR

Panoramas

Sea, Sunset

Related external links

Lighthouses in Burnham
Community website with information about the Low Lighthouse and other lighthouses in the area.

Wikipedia - Low Ligthouse
Wikipedia encyclopaedia page for Low Lighthouse.

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