Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral, Merseyside - postcard c.1980s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Leasowe Lighthouse, North Wirral Coastal Park - Wirral, Merseyside
• Publisher:  Wirral council - slightly larger card
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  no
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes / condition:  note - scan has come out a bit pale for some reason - actual card is bright and full colour!

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Leasowe Lighthouse

Leasowe Lighthouse was built in 1763 by Liverpool Corporation's Docks Committee^[4] (the forerunner of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board) and is the oldest brick-built lighthouse in Britain.^[5][6] According to local tradition its foundations were built on bales of cotton from a nearby shipwreck.^[5] It was one of four lights on the North Wirral foreshore, the others being two at Hoylake and another - a lower light - at Leasowe. The latter was soon destroyed by the sea and was replaced by a lighthouse on Bidston Hill in 1771.

The lighthouse was operational until 14 July 1908,^[7] with the only known female lighthouse keeper in those days, a Mrs. Williams. It then became a tearoom for a period, but was unused before 1989, since when it has been the base for the ranger service of the North Wirral Coastal Park.^[8] The building houses a visitor centre and is occasionally open to the public.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cheshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted