Hook Lighthouse tours online due to demand

Hook Lighthouse was a victim of its own success last year with visitors queuing for up to two hours at times to take a tour — so this year online ticketing has been introduced.

The oldest operational lighthouse in the world had its busiest year yet in 2016, with year-on-year growth of 10% and more than 250,000 visitors. August alone accounted for 38,617 of those.

Now, management of the Co Wexford facility aim to alleviate queues with advance booking of guided tours via hookheritage.ie.