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Lizard Wireless Station
- Published:
- 11 February 2024
In 1900 the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi undertook ground-breaking wireless experiments on The Lizard. You can see how with determination and vision, he developed technology on these remote Cornish clifftops that paved the way for today’s instant worldwide communication.
Lizard Wireless Station
Open Monday - Thursday, 12 - 3pm, 1 April - 30 September.
Perched at Bass Point sits the small wireless station, the same building used by Marconi to receive the world’s first over the horizon radio signal. Visitors of all ages are welcome to chat with the volunteer team of enthusiastic volunteers and radio amateurs and explore the technology developed by Marconi. Step back in time and get hands on and learn how to send messages in Morse Code and learn the role Marconi's technology played in messages sent to and from the Titanic during her fateful voyage.
Access to the wireless station is either a mile east along the coast path from Lizard Point or inland a mile from Lizard Village along Beacon Terrace & Lloyds Lane.
The Marconi Centre at Poldhu, famous for the first transatlantic radio signal, is run by the Poldu Amaetur Radio Club.