page_title: Niton
section_title: Niton lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Niton / Niton lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: St Catherine's Lighthouse at Sunset
context_page_description: Niton is a village on the Isle of Wight, west of Ventnor, with a population of 1142. It has one pub, several churches, a pottery workshop/shop, a pharmacy, a busy volunteer run library, a medical centre and three local shops including a post office. The post office includes a café that serves as a local meeting place. The village also offers a primary school with a co-located pre-school and nursery.
context_section_description: St. Catherine's Lighthouse was bombed in World War II, receiving a direct hit on the boiler house that killed three lighthouse keepers, Principal Keeper R T Grenfell, Assistant Keeper C. Tompkins and Assistant Keeper W.E. Jones. The lighthouse itself was only slightly damaged, its lens only being chipped; the same lens is still used today. St. Catherine’s Lighthouse was automated in 1997 with the keepers leaving the lighthouse on 30 July.
caption: St Catherine's Lighthouse
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