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Coordinates: 53°32′10″N 3°04′21″W / 53.53611°N 3.07250°W / 53.53611; -3.07250
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A Westland Lysander over the nearby Altcar training camp. Formby Lighthouse can be seen in the background.

Formby Lighthouse was a lighthouse station in Little Altcar, Merseyside.[1][2][3]

The lighthouse was converted in 1834 from an structure originally built in 1719.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Formby Lighthouse – Formby Civic Society". formbycivicsociety.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Lost Lighthouses". penkett.anduin.org.uk.
  3. ^ "The Lifeboat". J D Wetherspoon.
  4. ^ Yorke, Barbara; Yorke, Reginald (Winter 1981). "Formby Lifeboat Station 1776-1919". Lifeboat Magazine. Vol. 47, no. 475. RNLI. Archived from the original on 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
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