St Mary's Lighthouse In Northern England Stock Photo

St Mary's Lighthouse stands alone, cut off from the land by the tide on a nice summer day. It is on the tiny St Mary's (or Bait) Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide. The lighthouse and adjacent keepers' cottages were built in 1898 by the John Miller company of Tynemouth.