Lighthouse Prints & Painting Prints

Lighthouse prints

Eight lighthouse prints, from a white tower on a green headland to a stone light in a storm. Some show calm water at dawn. Others show waves, wind and a single beam at night. There are harbour lights at the end of stone walls and wooden piers, and a striped tower in the dunes. They share a calm palette of greens, greys and warm ivory, so a pair or a row of three hangs well together in matching black or wood frames. This is lighthouse art with visible, painterly brushwork, printed once you order in your choice of finish. All are tall and portrait-shaped, to suit a narrow wall, a hallway or a stairwell. We deliver free to UK addresses.

Lighthouses in calm light

Headland Light is a white tower and a keeper's cottage on a green headland above a still sea. Rock Light is a grey stone tower on a low rock at slack water. First Light catches a lighthouse as dawn warms the clouds. Striped Tower stands among sand dunes in ochre and ivory bands.

Lighthouses in a storm

Storm Keeper shows a stone tower standing alone as heavy waves break white around its base. Night Watch sends a single warm beam across a rolling night sea. Both suit a darker wall or a room that can take some drama.

Harbour lights

Harbour Light is a red-and-white light at the end of a stone harbour wall at dusk, small boats moored below. Pier End is a small white light at the end of a wooden pier, gulls wheeling overhead.

Why are lighthouses painted differently?

So sailors can tell them apart. Trinity House explains that lighthouses are painted differently to help mariners identify them by day. Red and white stripes stand out against a pale background. A plain white tower stands out against a dark background.

At night the light does the same job. Lighthouses near each other have different flash patterns, so a sailor can work out which one they're looking at. Our Striped Tower and Harbour Light borrow the banded look; the others are plain white, stone or dark.

Large and framed lighthouse prints

Lighthouses are tall, so all eight prints stand upright. Hang one on a narrow wall, beside a window or in a hallway. Hung as a pair or a row of three at A3, they make a simple gallery wall. The smallest is A4 and the largest 70x100 cm. Our print sizes guide helps with the wall.

A black frame suits the storm and night scenes. Natural wood suits the dawn and dune pieces.

Lighthouses as a set

Three lighthouse paintings in matching black frames hung in a row at dawn, day and night. — Three in a row, same height, even gaps, matching frames.

Three lighthouse prints in a row tell a day: First Light at dawn, Headland Light by day and Night Watch after dark. Hang them at the same height, with even gaps, in matching frames. For a pair, try Harbour Light and Pier End, two small lights at the end of a wall and a pier. For a calmer pair, Rock Light and Headland Light share the same pale sky and still water.

Lighthouse prints for a living room

A tall framed lighthouse painting hung beside a wide framed painting of boats in a stone harbour. — One tall light beside one wide harbour fills a sofa wall.

All eight are tall, so one on its own looks narrow above a sofa. Hang two side by side, or pair one with a wide sea scene from our coastal prints, such as Inner Harbour or Open Water. Keep the tops level and use the same frame on both. A single lighthouse print still works in a living room on the narrow wall by a window or a door.

Britain's lighthouses

Our lighthouses are imagined, but real ones are worth a visit. Our map of UK lighthouses you can visit marks 31 selected sites, from tower tours to visitor centres, and links each one to the people who run it. It's a selection, not every lighthouse in the UK, so check opening times with the operator before you travel. Trinity House's visitor centres list six, with tours.

Vintage-style lighthouse prints

Our towers are imagined, and these are newly made prints. If you like a vintage look, choose a softer palette and a natural wood frame. You can enjoy that feel without treating the picture as a record of a real lighthouse or an antique painting.

Lighthouse gifts

Lighthouse pictures make a good present for someone who walks the coast or collects lighthouse visits. For a day out to go with it, Trinity House opens six of its lighthouses to visitors. More ideas are on our nautical gifts page.

Questions, answered

Are these real lighthouses?

No. Every lighthouse in this collection is imagined. None shows a real lighthouse or a real stretch of coast.

What size lighthouse print should I choose?

For a narrow wall or a hallway, A3 or A2. For a statement piece above a console table, 50x70 cm. All eight prints are portrait-shaped.

Which lighthouse print suits a bedroom?

Choose a calm scene: Headland Light, Rock Light or First Light. Storm Keeper and Night Watch are darker and suit a study or a hallway better.

How do I hang a lighthouse print in a living room?

All eight are portrait-shaped, so above a sofa hang two side by side, or one beside a wide harbour or seascape print in the same frame. On a narrow wall, one is enough.