South Shields: Souter Lighthouse
Description
The first lighthouse in the world to use electric light, today, with modern shipping and the reduction in traffic into and out of the Tyne, the lighthouse is surplice to requirement so has been opened to the public to see what life would have been like.
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Getting There
From South Shields buses run regularly towards Marsden Bay and the lighthouse, alternatively catch the sightseeing bus
Latitude: 54.970468; Longitude: -1.364161
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (11/08/2009), and on time of last update (17/08/2009) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.