Aberdeen North Pier Lighthouse marks the entrance to this very important maritime hub, which is home to various support vessels and pieces of infrastructure relating to oil and gas platforms out in the North Sea.

Standing alone at the far end of the North breakwater wall, it routinely bears the brunt of enormous waves, and is currently in need of some refurbishment.

Fabricated at Ferryhill Foundry in Edinburgh to designs by David & Thomas Stevenson, a plaque above the door gives the year of construction as 1865, although construction was not actually complete until 1866.

The tower is octagonal and is one of several in Scotland and the Isle of Man that are built to this pattern, with others including: the top section of Newhaven Lighthouse in Edinburgh, the low light at Point of Ayre, and the harbour light in Ardrossan, which has been altered somewhat since construction. The gallery rests on 8 perforated brackets and has a plain gallery rail - utilitarian in design, there are no decorative frills to be found.

Until 2001 the front of the tower sported a fog bell, however this has since been replaced with an electronic horn that sounds in reduced visibility. The bell is now on display outside the Marine Operations Centre.