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Situated on Egypt Esplanade at the northernmost point in Cowes, this navigation light bears a plaque with the following inscription:

EGYPT POINT

First established by the Corporation of Trinity House in 1897, the light exhibited from Egypt Point provided a guide to those navigating in the Solent for almost a century until 1989 when the changing requirements of the Mariner led to the light being discontinued
The name "Egypt" is thought to derive from a colony of gypsies (then called "Egyptians") who lived in the area in the sixteenth century