Point of Ayr Lighthouse

A disused cast-iron tower stranded on the sands at Talacre, the oldest surviving lighthouse in Wales, at the mouth of the Dee estuary.

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Point of Ayr Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Flintshire. The nearest railway station is Prestatyn, 6.1 km to the west.

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