Les Hanois Lighthouse
Torteval, Guernsey
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Les Hanois Lighthouse is a 36-metre stone tower standing on the rock Le Biseau, part of the Les Hanois reef about a mile northwest of Pleinmont, off the western coast of Guernsey near Torteval. Built between 1860 and 1862 and first lit on 8 December 1862, it was erected in response to a growing number of shipwrecks on the treacherous surrounding rocks. Its design is credited to both James Walker and James Nicholas Douglass.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Materials
- stone
- Height
- 36 m
- Place
- Torteval, Guernsey
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