"The Herd Croyne"

"The Herd Croyne"

There is a third lighthouse just upstream of the pier, on the Herd Groyne (constructed in 1861-67 to preserve Littlehaven Beach, formerly known as Herd Sands, which had begun to be washed away by the change of currents caused by the new piers).[25][26] The Groyne shows an occulting light which marks a safe entrance course between the piers, showing white to a vessel approaching from seaward on the correct course, green to a vessel off-course to the north, and red to one off-course to the south.[24] Built by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House in 1882, It consists of an upper hexagonal part, including the lantern, of wood and corrugated iron construction, sitting on twelve cylindrical steel legs. The whole structure is painted red and stands 49 ft (15 m) in height. The Herd Groyne lighthouse was refurbished and repainted in 2014.[27]