Lifeboat Station : Burnham-on-Sea
Main Contact Details
Pier Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
TA8 1BT
Telephone
01278 789375
- Observe this station
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
Ricky Holmes
Telephone
01278 782050
07710 181999
Station Opening Times
By appointment only Don't miss: crew training - 7.30pm-9.30pm Weds
Shop
Feb - Christmas - 10am - 4pm daily Tel: 01278 789883
Accessibility
Parking, disabled access
About this station
Burnham-on-Sea is the RNLI’s newest lifeboat station on the Somerset coast. A lifeboat was stationed here in the 1800s and early 1900s but the present RNLI station opened only two years ago and operates two inshore lifeboats.Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
05/10/2008
Mudeford - 16:0905/10/2008
St Ives - 15:5705/10/2008
St Ives - 15:56
Last Launch
Launched this week
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
Fishing boat saved from rocks
22/09/2008
By: Jo Damsell
Exmouth's all-weather lifeboat was tasked on 20 September to rescue a fishing vessel that had broken down and was drifting dangerously close to rocks.
Triple naming at The Lifeboat College
29/08/2008
By: Laura Fennimore
Three RNLI relief fleet inshore lifeboats, funded by generous legacies, will be officially named in the Sea Survival Centre at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 2 September.