History
Souter Lighthouse and The Leas
South Shields, North East England
A red-and-white striped lighthouse, the first purpose-built to run on electricity.
- Price
- National Trust admission
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Souter Lighthouse was the first in the world designed to be powered by electricity, and the National Trust now runs it with a climb to the lantern. It sits on The Leas, a coastal grassland with clifftop paths, birds and sea views.
Good to know
- Climb the tower for views
- Walk The Leas to Marsden
- Free with National Trust membership
- Best time
- Morning
- Open
- Roughly March to October
- Getting there
- Signed from the A183 coast road; car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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