Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 58°30′56″ N 6°15′39″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 10 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- SYY Stornoway Airport34 km
- BEB Benbecula Airport132 km
About Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse is a landmark. Location: Western Isles, Scotland.
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, designed by David Stevenson, was built at Butt of Lewis to aid shipping in the 1860s. Unusual for a lighthouse in Scotland, it is constructed of red brick, and is unpainted. The station was automated in 1998, one of the last to be converted. A modern differential GPS base station has now been sited on a nearby hill to further aid navigation. This hill was also the site for a Lloyd's Signal Station from the 1890s. The road to the lighthouse passes a sheltered cove called Port Stoth.
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At a glance
- Built
- 1862
- Heritage designation
- category A listed building
- Height
- 37 m
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
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Alan Jamieson from Aberdeen, Scotland · CC BY 2.0 -
Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 149 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (149 mm)
- Driest month
- May (55 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 7° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 141 | 105 | 115 | 68 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 84 | 117 | 142 | 149 | 137 |
How to get to Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 34 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 291 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 34 kmsouth
- Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 132 kmsouthwest
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 170 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 291 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 301 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 319 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 340 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
Within 100 km: 15 historic and cultural sites, 1,380 natural sites, 623 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km24 places
- Eilean a Muigh Heisgeir Island 19 kmS
- Eilean Sguinean nan Creagan Briste Island 13 kmS
- Eilean Aird Fhianuis Island 24 kmSW
- Loch More Barvas Lake 24 kmSW
25–60 km462 places
- Dalmore Beach Beach 37 kmSW
- Dailbeag Beach Beach 36 kmSW
- Bearasaigh Island 46 kmSW
- Tannaraidh Island 45 kmS
60–100 km1,532 places
- Isle of Harris Natural site 76 kmSW
- Scalpay Island 76 kmS
- Eilean a' Char Island 73 kmSE
- Eilean Dubh Island 69 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Butt of Lewis DGPS-Transmitter Landmark, Western Isles<0.1 km SW
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Butt of Lewis Natural site, Western Isles<0.1 km N
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An Cnoc Ard Mountain, Western Isles2.6 km SE
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Àird Dell Natural site, Western Isles6.9 km SW
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An Campar Mor Mountain, Western Isles7.3 km S
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Dell River River, Western Isles5.3 km SW
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Stac a' Filiscleitir Mountain, Western Isles10 km SE
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Beinn Dail Mountain, Western Isles10 km S
Nearest towns and villages
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Eoropie Village, Western Isles1.8 km S
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Coig Peighinnean Village, Western Isles1.9 km SE
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Knockaird Village, Western Isles2.3 km SE
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Lionel Village, Western Isles3.1 km S
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Arnish Point Ligthouse Landmark, Western Isles37 km S
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Eilean Glas Lighthouse Landmark, Western Isles77 km S -
Eitshal Transmitting Station Landmark, Western Isles42 km SW
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Rubh Uisenis Lighthouse Landmark, Western Isles66 km S
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Flannan Islands Lighthouse Landmark, Western Isles82 km W
Sources & licences
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