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A white lighthouse and its outbuildings stand on a grassy headland, a gravel path winding up towards it with the sea beyond.
Dumfries and Galloway

Mull of Galloway Lighthouse

Robert Stevenson's tower of 1830 on the last cliff in Scotland.

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Robert Stevenson built the light here in 1830, on the last cliff in Scotland, to mark a headland where three tides meet and the water runs like a river.

It is a white tower with a gallery, standing among the low white buildings of the keepers' cottages, and the whole group sits in grass with the sea on three sides. You can climb it in season - a hundred and fifteen steps to the lamp room and a view that takes in two countries and an island - and there is a visitor centre in the old outbuildings and a restored foghorn on the cliff that is sounded for visitors on set Sundays through the season. The Northern Lighthouse Board sold part of the site in 2013 and the RSPB has the ground around it now.

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Before you go
How long
An hour to two
Cost
By ticket
Getting there
Car park at the end of the headland road, a short walk from the tower.

Opening hours

Monday
11am–5pm
Tuesday
11am–5pm
Wednesday
11am–5pm
Thursday
11am–5pm
Friday
11am–5pm
Saturday
11am–5pm
Sunday
11am–5pm

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A tarmac path winds up a grassy headland towards a tall white lighthouse and its outbuildings, the sea visible beyond.
Did you know

Robert Stevenson, 1830.

The light was established in 1830 and engineered by Robert Stevenson, the first of the family that built most of Scotland's lighthouses.

The black lantern room and gallery of a white lighthouse stand out against an overcast sky.
Did you know

Where three tides meet.

The headland sits where the tides of the Irish Sea, the Solway and the North Channel run together, which is why a light was needed here.

A tarmac path winds up a grassy headland towards a tall white lighthouse and its outbuildings, the sea visible beyond.
Did you know

The RSPB has the ground now.

The Northern Lighthouse Board sold part of the site in 2013, and the keepers' cottages stand inside an RSPB reserve.

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Where it is

At the end of the Mull of Galloway, five miles south of Drummore.

Close byThe rest of Dumfries and Galloway, near at hand.
  1. Grassy clifftops at the Mull of Galloway dropping to rocks and a calm blue sea, in low sun.Mull of Galloway TrailA long-distance walk from Scotland's most southerly point up the Rhins of Galloway, then round Loch Ryan to Glenapp.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. Small wooden hut on grassy clifftop above sea cliffs and wavesMull of GallowayThe last of Scotland: cliffs, seabirds and a lighthouse on the point.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Gallie Craig, Mull of GallowayUnder a mile 2 min by road
  4. Port Logan's stone pier running out to its little round lighthouse tower, yachts moored in the calm bay and the village's houses on the far shore.Port LoganAn old stone pier with a little lighthouse tower at its end, on a sandy bay south of Logan Botanic Garden.7 miles as the crow flies
  5. Palm trees and colourful flowerbeds line a gravel path in a coastal gardenLogan Botanic GardenTree ferns and cabbage palms on the Rhins, kept alive by the Gulf Stream.10 miles 27 min by road
Directions

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Stay nearby

Places to stay near the lighthouse, and when each is next free.

Selkie's Haven Lodge, a white building of two wings with pointed slate roofs, a table and a palm on its terrace.Selkie's Haven Lodge
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Portpatrick
  • 19 miles from the lighthouse
Free 14–17 NovDunskey House, the castle, in autumn, red and gold ivy over its walls, chimneys and gables.The Royal Apartment
  • Sleeps 10
  • In Portpatrick
  • 19 miles from the lighthouse
Free 21–24 JunFrom above, Dunskey House, the castle, its grey gables and chimneys, fields and woods running to the sea behind.The Velvet Upperground
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Portpatrick
  • 19 miles from the lighthouse
Free 1–4 NovThe front of Wren's Nest, a stone cottage with a pale blue door, a table and chairs and a timber planter on the lawn before it.Wren's Nest
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Portpatrick
  • 19 miles from the lighthouse
Free 27–30 DecPlaces to stayEvery stay in Dumfries and GallowayAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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