Festival of Britain beacon is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 March 2002. Monument.

Festival of Britain beacon

WRENN ID
fossil-cupola-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 March 2002
Type
Monument
Address
Festival of Britain beacon, Tenby
OS grid reference
SN 131 000
Coordinates
51.6684, -4.70401
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Festival of Britain beacon is a tall column made of cast iron, featuring a fluted base and the lower part of the shaft. At the top, it carries a bowl designed for a beacon, which has torches arranged around the rim. The column has a moulded ring at the foot, positioned over the base fluting, and includes a double ring above the shaft fluting as well as a double neck ring. The top flares out into a vertical-sided bowl, which has four cast-iron antique torches attached to its exterior.

Local climate

Festival of Britain beacon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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