Former HM Coastguard station at Bass Point, refurbished by the voluntary National Coastwatch Institution, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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The National Coastwatch Institution was set up to restore visual watches along the UK coastline after two Cornish fishermen lost their lives within sight of an empty Coastguard lookout in 1994. The first station - at Bass Point on The Lizard, where the fishermen had died - opened in December 1994. The organisation, staffed by volunteers, now runs 50 lookout stations around England and Wales. The red wall below the coastguard lookout is another marker for The Vrogue rock which lines up with red and white marks on Lloyds signal station.

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Size: 4016px × 2677px
Location: Lizard Peninsula cornwall england
Photo credit: © John Keates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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