St Luke’s Guiding Lights
Beaming with pride!
Our Art Trail is open now and runs until Sunday 13 September 2026
St Luke’s Guiding Lights is now shining across Plymouth, bringing a spectacular trail of stunning lighthouse sculptures to Britain’s Ocean City. More than 40 beautifully designed lighthouse sculptures are guiding visitors on a magical journey through the city’s streets and waterfront until 13 September.
As you explore Plymouth, you’ll discover one striking lighthouse after another, each transformed by talented local and regional artists and proudly sponsored by local businesses. Find out more about the Art Trail and our interactive app here.
Alongside the excitement of the trail, Guiding Lights has a much deeper purpose: raising vital funds and awareness for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth. Every lighthouse helps support the expert end of life care St Luke’s provides for patients and their families across Plymouth, West Devon, Dartmoor and the South Hams.
The project was launched last year with the unveiling of the trail’s first full-size lighthouse, a vibrant tribute to Plymouth and its people created by celebrated artist and St Luke’s patron Brian Pollard. It was joined by a smaller sea-inspired lighthouse designed by popular local mural artist Mrs Murals, which travelled across the community inspiring supporters and budding artists ahead of the trail.
Hundreds of artists submitted designs to transform blank lighthouse sculptures into imaginative works of art. Following a rigorous selection process, an experienced panel shortlisted the designs before sponsors and the Guiding Lights team made the final choices for this summer’s trail.
Once the trail comes to an end in September, the sculptures will take centre stage at a grand auction finale, where they will go under the hammer to raise even more funds for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth.
Roaming Lighthouse Exhibition
Look out for our travelling Guiding Lights – 10 medium-sized lighthouses visiting communities across the St Luke’s catchment area.
• Salcombe Brewery Tap House | 6–19 July
• Kingsbridge (3 locations: Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge Library & Velarde Gallery) | 20 July–2 August
• St Luke’s charity shop, Tavistock | 3–16 August
• Dartmoor Zoo | 17–30 August
• Cremyll, Mount Edgcumbe, Barrow Centre | 31 August–13 September
Catch these sculptures on the move and experience the creativity of the trail in even more locations.
Our Presenting Partner
A big thank you to our Presenting Partner Morgan Sindall Construction. We are honoured to have such a community driven local business supporting us. You can learn more about their work and why they decided to support St Luke’s Guiding Lights here.
A Wild in Art Event
Working in partnership with Wild in Art, this colourful and exciting art trail will engage local communities, schools and businesses, and bring thousands of visitors into the city. All the while raising awareness of St Luke’s and the importance of the care we provide.
Wild in Art is the leading producer of spectacular public art events which enrich, entertain, inform and connect communities – giving people of all ages a voice through art.
Why lighthouses?
The lighthouse theme was selected for its symbolic relevance and its strong link to Plymouth’s maritime history and Smeaton’s Tower on the Hoe. Lighthouses traditionally provide a guiding light for those who are weathering stormy seas and searching for safety, and this echoes what St Luke’s offers our patients and their loved ones, helping them find their way in times of great difficulty and uncertainty.
Seeing our organisation as a guiding light also fits in well with St Luke’s commitment to shine a beacon of compassion across Plymouth and the surrounding area, not only supporting and advising patients and families, but also liaising with and guiding other health and care professionals to make sure everyone has the best end of life support possible.
Guiding Lights App
Download our brand new Guiding Lights App now
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How Lighthouses support St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth
Lighthouses are navigators for those who are weathering stormy seas. The first lighthouse built on the treacherous Eddystone Rock, was a pioneering project, just as St Luke’s has been a trailblazer for hospice care in Plymouth, Southwest Devon and East Cornwall. We put our patients first, delivering care in their homes and at our specialist unit at Turnchapel and shine the spotlight on encouraging conversations around death, dying and bereavement.
Donate today to support your local hospice
A Wild in Art Event
Wild in Art is the leading producer of spectacular public art events which enrich, entertain, inform and connect communities – giving people of all ages a voice through art.
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Art Trail & Auction in aid of St Luke's Hospice coming to Plymouth 6th July – 13th September
Our Accommodation Partner @crowneplazaplymouth have been huge supporters of @stlukesplymouth and St Luke`s Guiding Lights art trail 💙
To help you stay in the centre of all the action, they are offering a special discount for the duration of the trail. Located just a stone`s throw away from many of our spectacular lighthouse sculptures, it really is a great holiday base to explore Plymouth and Devon this summer.
So if you`re planning to travel to this fabulous @wildinart trail in the coming weeks, you definitely want to read on 🙌
✨ Details in comments.
Presenting Partner – Morgan Sindall Construction
Our Accommodation Partner @crowneplazaplymouth have been huge supporters of @stlukesplymouth and St Luke`s Guiding Lights art trail 💙
To help you stay in the centre of all the action, they are offering a special discount for the duration of the trail. Located just a stone`s throw away from many of our spectacular lighthouse sculptures, it really is a great holiday base to explore Plymouth and Devon this summer.
So if you`re planning to travel to this fabulous @wildinart trail in the coming weeks, you definitely want to read on 🙌
✨ Details in comments.
Presenting Partner – Morgan Sindall Construction …
App users! You have been exploring our lighthouses with lightning speed and we love it!
Almost 19k sculptures collected and with 132 miles behind your belt, you`ll beat the Proclaimers in no time at all. We love all the selfies you`re adding too
💙 Thank you for downloading the app and supporting @stlukesplymouth
📷 Gum Ball by David Graham and Libby Boyd, sponsored by Tesco
Presenting Partner @morgansindallconstruction
Most collected on the app: De-light-ful Plymouth by @hannahjayneillustration, sponsored by @plymouthcitybus
Most voted on the app: Green and Pleasant Land by Jessica Molyneux, sponsored by @molyneux.associates
Celestial Beacon by @dianegriffithsart, sponsored by Ridge & Partners LLP
Where the Sea Dreams by @sammorrisartist, sponsored by GWR
Devon Delights by @dafyd.roberts, sponsored by @significantsignsltd
App users! You have been exploring our lighthouses with lightning speed and we love it!
Almost 19k sculptures collected and with 132 miles behind your belt, you`ll beat the Proclaimers in no time at all. We love all the selfies you`re adding too
💙 Thank you for downloading the app and supporting @stlukesplymouth
📷 Gum Ball by David Graham and Libby Boyd, sponsored by Tesco
Presenting Partner @morgansindallconstruction
Most collected on the app: De-light-ful Plymouth by @hannahjayneillustration, sponsored by @plymouthcitybus
Most voted on the app: Green and Pleasant Land by Jessica Molyneux, sponsored by @molyneux.associates
Celestial Beacon by @dianegriffithsart, sponsored by Ridge & Partners LLP
Where the Sea Dreams by @sammorrisartist, sponsored by GWR
Devon Delights by @dafyd.roberts, sponsored by @significantsignsltd …
Who doesn`t love a good raffle?! Be in with a chance to win your own roaming sculpture, a night away or a merchandise bundle!
Enter online or get your raffle 🎫🎫 from the Tourist Information Centre or Kaya Gallery on the Barbican and be in with a chance to win:
💙 1st Prize: x 1 Roaming Lighthouse
💙 2nd Prize: 1 night stay, dinner (up to value of £100) and Bed and Breakfast for 2 at Crowne Plaza.
💙 3rd Prize: St Luke’s Guiding Lights Merchandise Bundle
Tickets cost just £5 each with all proceeds going directly to support our care services across the Plymouth and surrounding areas.
The Raffle draw will be held during our Guiding Lights Farewell Weekend on Sunday 27 September.
Who doesn`t love a good raffle?! Be in with a chance to win your own roaming sculpture, a night away or a merchandise bundle!
Enter online or get your raffle 🎫🎫 from the Tourist Information Centre or Kaya Gallery on the Barbican and be in with a chance to win:
💙 1st Prize: x 1 Roaming Lighthouse
💙 2nd Prize: 1 night stay, dinner (up to value of £100) and Bed and Breakfast for 2 at Crowne Plaza.
💙 3rd Prize: St Luke’s Guiding Lights Merchandise Bundle
Tickets cost just £5 each with all proceeds going directly to support our care services across the Plymouth and surrounding areas.
The Raffle draw will be held during our Guiding Lights Farewell Weekend on Sunday 27 September. …
Our lighthouse keepers while doing their rounds today! Who are they? Teams of wonderful, kind-hearted volunteers who check up on the sculptures in their assigned area, making sure they are clean & sound (with no cheeky traffic cones on top 😅)
Thank you to everyone who`s helping us look after our beautiful beacons 💙
Our lighthouse keepers while doing their rounds today! Who are they? Teams of wonderful, kind-hearted volunteers who check up on the sculptures in their assigned area, making sure they are clean & sound (with no cheeky traffic cones on top 😅)
Thank you to everyone who`s helping us look after our beautiful beacons 💙 …
📷 Sunday photo roll-call! Which lighthouses did you find this week? We`d love to see your selfies and snaps in the comments.
This is `Peering over the Pier` by Glen Brooks @glen_brooks, kindly sponsored by Jackman SW to support @stlukesplymouth
Glen`s inspiration for his beautiful bright, colourful and eye-catching design comes from the vintage Tourists posters of the 1920`s and 30`s. The wonderful graphic style and simplistic imagery has a real beauty of its own and combined with wonderful bright colours it really does stand out. The image is of a young couple looking over the old Pier at Plymouth in its heyday and over the wonderful Plymouth coastline on a beautiful sunny day. Sadly the pier was unfortunately destroyed by bombs during WW2 but is still preserved in this image.
Thank you to our Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction
📷 Sunday photo roll-call! Which lighthouses did you find this week? We`d love to see your selfies and snaps in the comments.
This is `Peering over the Pier` by Glen Brooks @glen_brooks, kindly sponsored by Jackman SW to support @stlukesplymouth
Glen`s inspiration for his beautiful bright, colourful and eye-catching design comes from the vintage Tourists posters of the 1920`s and 30`s. The wonderful graphic style and simplistic imagery has a real beauty of its own and combined with wonderful bright colours it really does stand out. The image is of a young couple looking over the old Pier at Plymouth in its heyday and over the wonderful Plymouth coastline on a beautiful sunny day. Sadly the pier was unfortunately destroyed by bombs during WW2 but is still preserved in this image.
Thank you to our Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction …
Well done to everyone who took part in @stlukesplymouth Midnight Walk last night! We loved seeing you all snapping selfies in front of our illuminated lighthouse sculptures and hope you had a wonderful time 💙
💡Thank you to our Production Partner @pl1events for providing the lighting and to all the fantastic volunteers who gave up their time to be there and cheer everyone on.
Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction
Well done to everyone who took part in @stlukesplymouth Midnight Walk last night! We loved seeing you all snapping selfies in front of our illuminated lighthouse sculptures and hope you had a wonderful time 💙
💡Thank you to our Production Partner @pl1events for providing the lighting and to all the fantastic volunteers who gave up their time to be there and cheer everyone on.
Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction …
We`re `Sending So Much Love` to everyone taking part in @plymouth_pride today! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
`Sending So Much Love` by @emmaeveritt_art is a beacon of shining love and kindness out into the world. Covered in overlapping, bright, colourful hearts, Emma hopes that her design will bring a smile to anyone passing or visiting it on the trail.
This sculpture was kindly sponsored by our Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction to support @stlukesplymouth
We`re `Sending So Much Love` to everyone taking part in @plymouth_pride today! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
`Sending So Much Love` by @emmaeveritt_art is a beacon of shining love and kindness out into the world. Covered in overlapping, bright, colourful hearts, Emma hopes that her design will bring a smile to anyone passing or visiting it on the trail.
This sculpture was kindly sponsored by our Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction to support @stlukesplymouth …
Make the most of the sunny weekend in Devon and join in with the St Luke`s Guiding Lights art trail in Plymouth!
41 large (2.4m tall) are filling the streets of Britain`s Ocean City with colour in aid of @stlukesplymouth.
We have a dedicated trail app to help you find them all, or you can pick up a printed map from Tourist Information Centre or any of the St Luke`s charity shops in Plymouth city centre and on the Barbican.
Happy exploring!
Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction
Make the most of the sunny weekend in Devon and join in with the St Luke`s Guiding Lights art trail in Plymouth!
41 large (2.4m tall) are filling the streets of Britain`s Ocean City with colour in aid of @stlukesplymouth.
We have a dedicated trail app to help you find them all, or you can pick up a printed map from Tourist Information Centre or any of the St Luke`s charity shops in Plymouth city centre and on the Barbican.
Happy exploring!
Presenting Partner – @morgansindallconstruction …