from the Guardian UK
Longstone lighthouse, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, or Outer Farne as it was originally known, is most famous for being the home of keeper's daughter Grace Darling, who in 1838 heroically assisted her father by rowing out and rescuing 13 survivors of the ship, SS Forfarshire
South Stack lighthouse, off Holyhead Island, Anglesey, north Wales, was first proposed in 1665, but did not come into operation until 1809
The construction of the Dubh Artach lighthouse in the Irish Sea, off the west coast of Scotland, was overseen by Robert Louis Stevenson's father and is thought to have inspired sections of his novel Kidnapped
The lighthouse on Holy Island, just off the coast of Arran, Scotland, was also constructed by the Stevenson family
The Needles Lighthouse, on the most western point of the Isle of Wight, lights the rocky path up the Solent
St Mary's lighthouse, north of Whitley Bay in Tyne and Wear, has been decommissioned but is accessible to visitors during low tides
