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A landmark in Billinge since the early 1900s the Beacon was reactivated for the millennium celebrations. There is a trig point just yards to the right of the beacon but it can't really be seen in this picture. According to an 1849 map http://www.old-maps.co.uk there was once a windmill to the rear of where the beacon now stands.
©Gary Rogers
©Gary Rogers
©Raymond Knapman
The north side of the beacon in the late evening sun. You can just see the trig point to the right of the beacon.
©Gary Rogers
The sun finally broke through for a brief moment.
©Gary Rogers
View from Billinge Hill towards Liverpool and the Welsh Hills
©Galatas
There is a disused underground bunker just to the west of the beacon down the steep slope. Its been capped off for a good few years now but I can remember being able to get down into it as a teenager in the late 19070's. It was about 15ft square if I remember rightly.
©Gary Rogers
©Gary Rogers
The trig point and the beacon on Billinge Hill.
©Gary Rogers
View over Kirkby to Great Orme
©Galatas
Dist:0.1km<br/>From the path linking Moss Bank with Crank
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.1km<br/>Got very wet tonight but it was worth it :)
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.1km<br/>you can see the lake district peaks from Billinge Hill!
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.1km<br/>A walker descends from the beacon as the last of the daylight leaves Billinge Hill
©Gary Rogers
Dist:0.1km<br/>
©Ian Greig

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