Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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Viewpoint 5 - Orford Ness near the Lighthouse
Grid reference 645003, 248868
Distance and Direction from GWF 29.8km to the northwest
Distance and Direction from
GGOWF
Distance and Direction from the
London Array Wind Farms
Distance and Direction from the
Gunfleet Sands Wind Farms
25.1km to the northwest
38.5km north
42.4km northeast
Receptor Visitors/Tourists
Designations
Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB,
Heritage Coast
Landscape Character Type Coastal Dunes and Shingle Ridges
Regional Seascape Unit
Existing View
On the boundary between the
Aldeburgh Bay and the Hollesley Bay
seascape units.
5.8.18. The viewpoint is located in close proximity to the lighthouse on Orford Ness.
The views seen from this location are generally open, simplistic and
expansive in nature, with long distance views available in every direction
from the lighthouse. The illustrated seaward view is of low diversity and
complexity, limited in essence to three elements: the shore, the sea and the
sky, with the sky being the dominant element within the view. The
foreground of the view is formed by a narrow strip of shingle beach, beyond
which lies a continuous, uninterrupted expanse of sea. When visibility is
good, the WTGs of the GGOWF form a distant focal point on the horizon of
the North Sea, spanning approximately 34.5° of the southeast sector of the
horizon line. When visibility is excellent, it will also be possible to see the
WTGs of the wind farms at London Array and Gunfleet Sands as two very
distant focal clusters on the horizon line in the south and southwest sectors
of the seaward view. The high level of marine traffic crossing the North Sea
provides a series of transitory foci across the seaward vista. Beyond the limits
of the illustrated photographic panorama to the north, there are open distant