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Northern Lighthouse Board

non-departmental public body responsible for marine navigation aids
Organization non_departmental_public_body Q918253

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
non-departmental public body, general lighthouse authority[3]
Official website
www.nlb.org.uk[6]
Short name
NLB[10]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
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4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Official name
Commissioners of Northern Light Houses[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Edinburgh[4]
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Edinburgh[1]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
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4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Street address
George Street 84, Edinburgh[11]
More facts +3
Applies to jurisdiction
Scotland, Isle of Man[7][8]
Foundational text
Erection of Lighthouses Act 1786[5]
Watercraft prefix
NLV[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en NLB en Northern Lighthouse Board en Commissioners of the Northern Lights cs Northem Lighthouse Board cs Rada severních majáků ja 北方灯台局 zh 北方燈塔委員會 zh 英國北部燈塔委員會
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ROR ID
02eyayb49
GRID ID
grid.494444.d
Art UK venue ID
northern-lighthouse-board-7020
Bluesky handle
nlb-uk.bsky.social
Companies House company ID
SC365775
Domain name
nlb.org.uk
Facebook username
northernlighthouseboard
Freebase ID
/m/05sd6q
Instagram username
nlb_uk
LinkedIn company or organization ID
northern-lighthouse-board
OpenCorporates ID
gb/SC365775
Scilit organization ID
84347
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UK Parliament thesaurus ID
59820
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID
northern_lighthouse_board
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OpenAlex IDP10283
I4210113582 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
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InceptionP571
1786 2026-09-26 ROR (cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
ROR
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26 · newer edition 20261021 landed
Credit
ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.
Bronze
476988542f1bdd18… v2.13-2026-09-22-ror-data.zip
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4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.
🔗 Connections
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Applies to jurisdiction 2
Scotland, Isle of Man
Country 1
United Kingdom
Headquarters location 1
Edinburgh
Instance of 1
non-departmental public body
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to jurisdiction → Scotland, Isle of Man
    Foundational text → Erection of Lighthouses Act 1786
    Headquarters → —
    Country → United Kingdom
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30358|batch #30358]]: Companies House company ID to OpenCorporates company ID"
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