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Photo of Flat Holm Lighthouse, a lighthouse near Penarth, Cardiff, south east Wales.

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Flat Holm Lighthouse

On the Bristol Channel island where Marconi sent the first wireless message over the sea in 1897, its light covering the approaches to Cardiff.

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Flat Holm Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Cardiff. For arrivals by rail, Penarth Station is 7.9 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Flat Holm Lighthouse

Photo of Flat Holm, an island in Cardiff, south east Wales.Highlight

Flat Holm

Island near Penarth

Bristol Channel island where Marconi sent the first radio signals over open sea, with Victorian gun batteries and a lighthouse

0.2 km W

Photo of Steep Holm, an island in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Steep Holm

Island near Penarth

Steep limestone island in the Bristol Channel with Victorian gun batteries, medieval priory remains, wild peonies and gull colonies

3.8 km S

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

5.2 km NW · spans 16 counties

Photo of Penarth, a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, south east Wales.Highlight

Penarth

Village

Victorian and Edwardian seaside town on the Severn Estuary, with a restored pier and Art Deco pavilion.

7.9 km NW · Vale of Glamorgan

Photo: Brean Down, a viewpoint near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Brean Down

Viewpoint near Weston-super-Mare

A dramatic limestone headland striding out into the sea near Weston, topped by downland, a Victorian fort and huge Channel views.

8.2 km SE

Photo of Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare, a landmark in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare

Landmark near Weston-super-Mare

The great seaside pleasure pier reaching over the sands at Weston, its pavilion full of rides and arcades.

9.6 km E