Editing Southwold Lighthouse (section)

== Current display ==
{{stack|[[File:Southwold, Lighthouse (16216675698).jpg|thumb|right|upright|2014: Part of the upper section of the 1868 optic, removed and on display at the foot of the tower.]]}}
Since January 2016 a 180-watt revolving MFR (LED reflector) lamp<ref name="currentlamp">{{Cite web |url=http://mesemar.co.uk/aids-to-navigation/lighthouse-equipment/#1493218605435-a2f35506-be492af8-546a |title=Link: Lamp details on Mediterraneo Sanales Maritimas site |access-date=27 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530141516/http://mesemar.co.uk/aids-to-navigation/lighthouse-equipment/#1493218605435-a2f35506-be492af8-546a |archive-date=30 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> manufactured by Mediterraneo Sanales Maritimas has been in use as the main lamp.<ref name="thjan16">[https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/notice-to-mariners/01/2016-southwold-lighthouse Notice to mariners 01/2016 Southwold Lighthouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052042/https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/notice-to-mariners/01/2016-southwold-lighthouse |date=28 May 2018 }}, Trinity House, 15 January 2016.</ref> The current [[light characteristic]] is one white flash every 10 seconds (Fl(1).W.10s) visible between 204°–032.5°.<ref name="pelangi" /><ref name="thnotice5nov12">[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/b/05112012.html Notice to Mariners – 49/2012 B6 Southwold LH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221234840/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariner_info/notice_to_mariners/b/05112012.html |date=21 December 2012 }}, Trinity House. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.</ref> The white light is used for general navigation. Red sectors, previously used to mark shoals to the north and offshore sandbanks at [[Sizewell]] to the south, were removed as part of the 2012 refit.<ref name="thsouthwold" /><ref name="pelangi" />