Souter Lighthouse and The Leas

Our second-hand bookshop can be found in the admissions area whenever the lighthouse is open

Dogs are welcome, including on a short lead in the lighthouse grounds and café. Assistance dogs only in the lighthouse. Water bowls are provided. Please clean up after your dog and dispose of used bags in a dog waste bin

The Lighthouse Café serves hot and cold drinks, light bites and cakes to eat in or take away

Choose from picnic benches within the white walls around the lighthouse. Or bring a picnic blanket to spread on the grass of The Leas or Whitburn Coastal Park.

The car park is open 9am - 8pm daily (closes 6pm November - March). There is a payment machine in both car parks. Charges: £1.10 per hour, £5 all day, or free for National Trust members.

Toilets in the lighthouse are open in line with the café. Baby changing facilities available. There are toilets in Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre - one inside and one outside the entrance

There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor of the lighthouse. There are accessible toilets in Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre - one inside and one outside the entrance. There is a Changing Places fully accessible toilet opposite the Lighthouse Café

There is level access from the main car park or drop off point into the café

There is a Changing Places fully accessible toilet opposite the Lighthouse Café. Access is via a RADAR key. A spare key is kept at the lighthouse admissions desk.

Level access from main car park to the lighthouse and café. Most of the paths and trails in the coastal park and along The Leas are level, many are hard surfaced

Turn into the white walled drive off the Coast Road to find the drop-off point outside the main lighthouse entrance

The lighthouse tower is accessed by a steep spiral staircase. There are steep steps down to Marsden Bay next to the Marsden Grotto public house and slightly less steep steps further north (Redwell steps)