Lifeboat Station : Walton and Frinton
Main Contact Details
Walton & Frinton Lifeboat Station, The Parade, Walton, Essex
CO14 8AA
Telephone
01255 675650
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Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
- Discover stations are normally open during the summer months
- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Phil Oxley
Telephone
01255 675549
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
Mid Feb - mid Dec - 10am - 4pm daily Tel - 01255 678023
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Walton and Frinton has celebrated over 120 years as a lifeboat station and its crews have been presented with 75 awards for gallantry. The lifeboat was one of 19 lifeboats that helped to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
Recent launches in the east (BST)
05/01/2009
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston - 17:4104/01/2009
Southwold - 14:3804/01/2009
Clacton-on-Sea - 01:53
Last Launch
Launched this week
Falklands 25th Anniversary Memorial
By: June 2007 - Station Press Officer
The RNLI Lifeboat ‘RFA Sir Galahad’ took part in a memorial tribute on the 25th anniversary of the 1982 Falklands War.
New lifeboat at Gravesend
12/12/2008
By: Tim Ash
Gravesend lifeboat station has a new Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat, Olive Laura Deare II.
Buy London boat show tickets here
02/12/2008
By: Mairead Dwane
The London International Boat Show returns to ExCeL from 9–18 January 2009.
Green light for Shoreham Harbour station
01/12/2008
By: Tim Ash
Planners have given proposals for a new lifeboat station in Shoreham Harbour the green light.
Sam's cycle challenge is a big success!
19/11/2008
By: Events Team, London
Sam Lythgoe completed a sponsored cycle ride in aid of the RNLI and raised over £800 in the process!