2023 - Lighthouses at Nash Point - some holiday snaps! - In March 2023 Julie and myself booked one of the light-keeper's cottages at Nash Point and had a wonderful experience of these heritage buildings and we gained an appreciation of the local hazards for shipping and navigation during the days of both sail and steam ;  and during the coal trade which saw at least five vessels laden at Penarth lost locally.

The high and low lights at the Nash were built during 1831-32 to guide mariners clear of the extensive Nash Sands. Thomas Protheroe of Newport plus 439 owners and masters made the final application to build the lights during February 1830. The engineer Joseph Nelson was superintended by his nephew, George Burrell, in the design and construction of both lights.

The sands had seduced many vessels to their doom including the loss of the 'Frolic' and 87 lives in 1831 which seems to have been the major incentive to action. The low tower was originally focused to provide mariners with a clear indication of the sands whereas, the high light was to warn of the general danger at distance as vessels approached the Welsh shores. The low light was made redundant in the 1920's and a red sector added to the high-light to serve the same purpose. Subsequently, the Nash was only one of two lighthouse stations to continue to be manned and to manage the lights of Mumbles, Flatholm together with the light-float at Breaksea, off Barry. From August 1998 the light became automatic (unmanned) but still bears a light with a range of 16 to 20 miles. [001] [20230328]