Lifeboat Station : Weston-super-Mare
Main Contact Details
Birnbeck Island, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon
BS23 1AL
Telephone
01934 621871 (Shop: 01934 412767)
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Peter Holder
Telephone
07768 287236
Station Opening Times
Lifeboat station not generally open to public due to dangerous state of Birnbeck Pier
Shop
Easter - Oct - 10am - 4pm daily Tel: 01934 412767
About this station
Now operating two inshore lifeboats in the Severn estuary, Weston-super-Mare originally operated the first motor lifeboat to be placed on the Somerset coast. The station has been presented with six awards for gallantry.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
21/08/2008
Appledore - 18:2821/08/2008
Weymouth - 15:5521/08/2008
Weymouth - 15:44
Last Launch
Launched within 24 hours
Clarification on Hope Cove incident
20/08/2008
By: Press office
Last week's incident at Hope Cove involved a Coastguard boat and team, not an RNLI lifeboat or crew.
Wave of success!
18/08/2008
By: Press office
The RNLI wishes to congratulate Team GB's Olympic sailors on their Beijing medal haul.
Lifeguards complete Paddle for Life
07/08/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
Eight RNLI lifeguards paddled 10 miles on their rescue boards from Whitsand Bay to Looe in Cornwall yesterday to celebrate Lifeguard week and raise money for the Life first campaign.
£24,000 cheque presentation
05/08/2008
By: Becky King
The RNLI was presented with a cheque for £24,000 yesterday by the Freemasons' Grand Charity – the first installment of a 3-year grant worth £72,000.
Dart lifeboat out before champagne dries
04/08/2008
By: John Fenton
Dart's B class inshore lifeboat Spirit of the Dart was called out twice on the day of her official naming ceremony.