LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE, LEASOWE COMMON, MORETON, MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND.
SELECTIVE COLOUR BLUE.

BUILT IN 1763 BY THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD, LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE IS THE OLDEST BRICK BUILT LIGHTHOUSE IN BRITAIN. TWO LIGHTHOUSES WERE ERECTED ON THE COAST OF LEASOWE IN 1763 A 'LOWER LIGHT' ON THE SHORE AND AN 'UPPER LIGHT' ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT BUILDING ON LEASOWE COMMON. THE THEORY WAS THAT THE APPROACHING SHIPS HAD ONLY TO LINE UP THE TWO LIGHTS TO ACHIEVE A SAFE ENTRANCE TO THE ROCK CHANNEL &amp; PORT OF LIVERPOOL, BUT LOWER LIGHT COLLAPSED WITHIN JUST A FEW YEARS OF BEING BUILT, DUE TO STORM DAMAGE.
WHEN THE LOWER LIGHTHOUSE AT MOCKBEGGAR WHARF COLLAPSED INTO THE SEA IN 1769, INSTEAD OF BUILDING ANOTHER LIGHTHOUSE IN THE SAME PLACE (AND RISK IT BEING WASHED AWAY), IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW LIGHTHOUSE FURTHER BACK IN THE SAME ALIGNMENT. BIDSTON HILL PROVIDED THE RIGHT LOCATION. BEING IN LINE WITH THE HORSE CHANNEL AND THE REMAINING MOCKBEGGAR LIGHT AT LEASOWE, A NEW LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SIGNALS STATION COULD TAKE OVER AS THE REAR SEA LIGHT. ITS ELEVATED SITUATION MEANT THAT A SMALLER, AND CHEAPER, TOWER COULD BE BUILT, AWAY FROM THE RAVAGES OF THE SEA. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUTCHINSON’S INVENTION MEANT THAT THE LIGHT WOULD BE VISIBLE AT A DISTANCE OF 21 MILES.
THERE ARE SEVEN FLOORS IN LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE,  WHICH CAN BE REACHED BY A CAST IRON SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF 130 STEPS. LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE STANDS ONE HUNDRED AND ONE FEET (27 METRES) TALL ON LEASOWE COMMON IN THE WIRRAL. 
NOW A SITE OF PUBLIC INTEREST, THE LIGHTHOUSE FEATURES GUIDED TOURS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND A VISITOR CENTRE WITH DISPLAYS ABOUT LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE.THE LIGHTHOUSE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, AND IN THE SUMMER IT IS OPEN ON THE FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAYS, 1PM UNTIL 4PM.TEL: 0151 648 4371.

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