The National Trust will be lighting beacons across the South West on Thursday, January 9 as part of a national network of beacons to celebrate 125 years since the conservation charity was founded.
They will be lit at dawn to mark the moment that the charity was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley to give people access to nature, to beauty and to history.
Locations where the beacons will be lit include Chapel Carn Brea in Cornwall, Potter’s Hill near Woolacombe, Killerton near Exeter and Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. Beacons will also be lit at 17 locations across the UK between January 9 and 12 to mark the occasion.
At Chapel Carn Brea, the beacon will be lit at 6.30am to the sound of a Cornish piper and all are invited to join the event there from 6am.