Hodbarrow Beacon
Scheduled 19th-century lighthouse surviving from Hodbarrow's iron-mining era, standing in the coastal landscape between Millom, the lagoon and Duddon Estuary.
About Hodbarrow Beacon
Hodbarrow Beacon is the older lighthouse associated with the huge Hodbarrow iron mine. Historic England describes the surviving stone lighthouse as a scheduled monument dating from the nineteenth century.
The beacon was built in the 1870s to guide ships serving the harbour created for the mine, which exploited what Historic England describes as the largest haematite ore body in Britain. Mining began in 1856 and ended in 1968.
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The structure is an evocative reminder that today's wildlife-rich Hodbarrow landscape was once one of Cumbria's major industrial sites. It is best appreciated as part of a walk through the wider reserve rather than as a conventional staffed attraction.
Do not climb on or enter historic structures unless access is explicitly permitted on site. Paths and ground conditions can change, and parts of the surrounding landscape remain environmentally sensitive.
Our local note
A small landmark with a huge story: combine it with RSPB Hodbarrow to understand how an industrial mine became one of Cumbria's most interesting coastal landscapes.
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