Lighthouse ‘will be a beacon again’

A DISUSED lighthouse at the most isolated spot on the Yorkshire coast is to be restored and opened to the public for the first time.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has been awarded a £470,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to repair Spurn lighthouse and make it a focal point for visitors. Two nearby military buildings – a First World War gun store and a Second World War gun emplacement – will also be restored and converted into toilets and a viewing platform overlooking the natural habitat of the peninsula and the mouth of the Humber estuary.

The grade II listed six-storey lighthouse was built between 1893 and 1895 and used until 1985. Trust chief executive Rob Stoneman said: ‘Spurn’s lighthouse will once again become a beacon of light, celebrating the area’s heritage and community spirit.’

Picture: Howard Speight.