Tidal causeway
At low tide.
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La Corbière Lighthouse is a white lighthouse on a rock at the south-western tip of Jersey, about 11 km in a straight line west of the capital, St Helier. The rock is a tidal island reached by a causeway at low tide, and it is one of Jersey's most photographed landmarks. The name Corbière means «a place where crows gather», and the rocks and huge tides of this coast long made it dangerous for shipping, with many wrecks. The lighthouse was first lit on 24 April 1874, the first in the British Isles built of concrete; its tower is 19 m high, and it was automated in 1976. At low tide visitors walk the causeway out to the lighthouse rock, and an alarm sounds to warn them back as the tide begins to rise. Beside the causeway a plaque remembers an assistant keeper who drowned in 1946 trying to rescue a visitor cut off by the tide, and sunsets here are among the island's finest. The visit is free. Only cross the causeway at low tide and turn back as soon as the alarm sounds, as the tide rises fast; the lighthouse itself is closed inside.
At low tide.
A favourite view.
A rugged coast.
St Brelade, Jersey
Only at low tide; turn back when the alarm sounds.
No, it is closed inside.