Editing Southwold (section)

===Lighthouse===
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[[Southwold lighthouse]] was commissioned in 1890 and automated and electrified in 1938.<ref name="thsouthwold">[http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/southwold.html Southwold] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008023411/http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses/lighthouse_list/southwold.html |date=8 October 2012}}, ''Trinity House''. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref> It stands as a prominent landmark in the centre of the town and is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref name="britlistlight">[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-484878-the-lighthouse-southwold-suffolk The Lighthouse, Southwold], ''British Listed Building''. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref> It is {{convert|31|m|ft}} metres tall, standing {{convert|37|m|ft}} metres 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}}, ''Trinity House''. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref>

The lighthouse replaced three local lighthouses that were under serious threat from [[coastal erosion]]. It suffered a fire in its original oil fired lamp just six days after commissioning but survived and today operates a rotating 150-watt lamp with a range of {{convert|24|nmi|km mi}}.<ref name="thsouthwold"/><ref name=pelangi>[http://www.pelangi.co.uk/appnotes/32064-Southwold%20PRL400.pdf Application note 32064 – Southwold Conversion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215857/http://www.pelangi.co.uk/appnotes/32064-Southwold%20PRL400.pdf |date=21 February 2014}}, Pelangi. Retrieved 4 January 2013.</ref><ref name="bbcsouthwold">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/07/04/coast05walks_peter_austin_feature.shtml Discovering Southwold], ''BBC Suffolk''. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref><ref name="museumlight">[http://www.southwoldmuseum.org/thesea_lighthouse.htm The sea – Southwold's lighthouse], ''Southwold museum''. Retrieved 29 October 2012.</ref> From 2023, Trinity House has arranged that tours of the lighthouse are offered by the Adnams brewery, which stands close by, and may be booked with that company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southwold Lighthouse visitor centre {{!}} Trinity House |url=https://trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouse-visitor-centres/southwold-lighthouse-visitors-centre |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=Southwold Lighthouse visitor centre {{!}} Trinity House}}</ref>