Dr Raby adds: "People look at lighthouses and wonder how they can absorb such colossal wave impacts. It is possible the current Eddystone Lighthouse responds less than other lighthouses, but while the ...

First illuminated on this day 321 years ago, the historic Eddystone Lighthouse is celebrated in today’s Google Doodle. The wooden structure around 14 miles from the coast of Plymouth was developed by ...

The book was first published in 1791 and dedicated to King George III Detailed plans for one of the UK's most famous lighthouses have gone on display in the hometown of its designer and "genius" ...

The total loss of life to shipwrecks is incalculable. An estimated three million wrecks litter our ocean floors, some thousands of years old. And without lighthouses, the seas would continue to claim ...

Not many people are fit enough to kayak all the way to the Eddystone lighthouse - but Tom Thorpe and Steve Bowens are, and they love it. Tom and Steve made possibly the earliest in the year trip to ...

The lighthouse which stands at the end of the three stacks of chalk known as "The Needles" is iconic of the Isle of Wight. Built in 1859, it replaced a tower on top of a nearby cliff, which was often ...

The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouse in the face of severe storms are revealed in a new study by Plymouth University. A team from the School of Marine Science and Engineering considered ...