Inner Farne

Inner Farne
Farne Islands (Northumberland)
The lighthouse and cliffs of Inner Farne
Location
Location:	55°37’2"N, 1°39’8"W
Grid reference:	NU220360
Data
Population:	Uninhabited

Inner Farne is an island or group of islands and islets amongst the Farne Islands in the North Sea off the coast of mainland Northumberland, to which county they belong. A lighthouse, Farne Island Lighthouse, stands on the main island of Inner Farne.

The islands are the south-western cluster of the Farne Islands and the closest to the coast of Great Britain, lying a mile and a half offshore, separated from the mainland by the Inner Sound. Staple Sound separates Inner Farne from the outer islands of the group.

Apart from the main island, just known as 'Inner Farne' there are such islets as Knoxes Reef (north), West Wideopen and East Wideopen (east); all these are separated at high tide by joined at low tide. To the east of East Wideopen across the narrow Scarcar Gut lie the rocks of Big Scarcar and Little Scarcar and the Bush, all of which are navigation hazards.

Buildings

Though uninhabited, Inner Farne has buildings upon it.

The most prominent building is the Farne Island Lighthouse on the south-western shore of the island, built in 1811.

Also there stands St Cuthbert's Chapel standing in the north part of the main island. a 14th century chapel reusing masonry of a peceeding chapel of earlier centuries and extensively restored in the Victorian period.

Inner Farne

Outside links

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