Editing Southwold Lighthouse (section)

== Buildings ==
[[File:Staircase in Southwold lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 514893.jpg|thumb|Inside the tower]]
The lighthouse is {{convert|31|m|ft}} tall, standing {{convert|37|m|ft}} above sea level. It is built of brick and painted white, and has 113 steps around a spiral staircase.<ref name="thleaflet">[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/vc_generic_leaflet.pdf See inside a lighthouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604151503/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/vc_generic_leaflet.pdf |date=4 June 2012 }}(pdf), Trinity House. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref> Two keeper's cottages were built next to the lighthouse rather than living quarters being made in the lighthouse itself.<ref name="bbcsuffolk" />

The lighthouse is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name="britlist">[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-484878-the-lighthouse-southwold-suffolk The Lighthouse, Southwold] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060140/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-484878-the-lighthouse-southwold-suffolk |date=22 February 2014 }}, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref> Guided visits are, from 2023, run by the [[Adnams]] brewery, which stands nearby, and may be booked via that company's website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southwold Lighthouse visitor centre {{!}} Trinity House |url=https://trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouse-visitor-centres/southwold-lighthouse-visitors-centre |url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=Southwold Lighthouse visitor centre {{!}} Trinity House |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406155206/https://trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouse-visitor-centres/southwold-lighthouse-visitors-centre }}</ref>

[[File:The Sole Bay Inn and Southwold lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 1162939.jpg|thumb|Southwold Lighthouse]]
The lighthouse was the site of charity abseil events in 2009, 2011 and 2013. The events raised money for the [[Southwold Lifeboat Station|Southwold lifeboat]] operated by the [[RNLI]] from Southwold harbour.<ref name="journal14aug11">[http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/bernard_s_southwold_lighthouse_challenge_1_993781 Bernard's Southwold lighthouse challenge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504205912/http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/bernard_s_southwold_lighthouse_challenge_1_993781 |date=4 May 2014 }}, ''Lowestoft Journal'', 14 August 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2013.</ref><ref name="eadt15aug11">[http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/daring_abseilers_brave_dizzying_lighthouse_heights_1_993656 Daring abseilers brave dizzying lighthouse heights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514055519/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/daring_abseilers_brave_dizzying_lighthouse_heights_1_993656 |date=14 May 2014 }}, ''East Anglian Daily Times'', 15 August 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2013.</ref><ref name="edp11aug13">[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/actor_bernard_hill_abseils_down_southwold_lighthouse_for_rnli_1_2329610 Actor Bernard Hill abseils down Southwold Lighthouse for RNLI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911154932/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/actor_bernard_hill_abseils_down_southwold_lighthouse_for_rnli_1_2329610 |date=11 September 2013 }}, ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 11 August 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2015.</ref>