Skip to page content

Lifeboat Station : West Kirby

Main Contact Details

Coronation Gardens, South Parade, West Kirby, Merseyside

CH48 3JU

Telephone

0151 625 1800

    • Discover this station

    Station Information

    Stations near you

    West Kirby, Merseyside Map

    • 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

    Mr G S Hanson

    Telephone
    0151 625 9485

    Station Opening Times

    By appointment only

    Shop

    No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop




    A picture of West Kirby station.

    About this station

    For 40 years an inshore lifeboat at West Kirby has covered an area off the north west tip of the Wirral peninsula. Today’s D class lifeboat is a re-engineered and updated version of the original D class.

    Recent launches in the north (BST)

    • 21/11/2008

      Cleethorpes - 15:36
    • 20/11/2008

      Scarborough - 10:07
    • 18/11/2008

      Fleetwood - 16:09

    Last Launch

    13/11/2008
    Advanced news search

    • Image of old and new Silloth lifeboats

      New lifeboat at Silloth

      20/11/2008

      By: Alison Levett

      Silloth's new Atlantic 85 lifeboat Elaine and Don Wilkinson went on service at the weekend.

    • image of presentation of cheque from David Jefferies Memorial Fund to Staithes and Runswick crew

      From BMX to TT

      07/11/2008

      By: Lee Jackson

      One of Yorkshire's best-known motorcycling families has presented £15,000 to Staithes and Runswick RNLI

    • Image of Daniel Craig in RNLI kit. Photo: Greg Williams

      Daniel Craig backs Hoylake appeal

      20/10/2008

      By: Alison Levett

      Actor Daniel Craig has thrown his support behind an appeal to fund a new all-weather lifeboat for Hoylake.

    • Image of Paul Turner and Paul Ashworth

      RNLI runners turn out for Great North Run

      06/10/2008

      By: Alison Levett

      Around 250 runners joined Team RNLI at the BUPA Great North Run yesterday (5 October), the world's biggest half-marathon.

    • Image of Mark Noble lifeboat

      New Tynemouth lifeboat named

      02/10/2008

      By: Adrian Don

      Tynemouth's new D class lifeboat Mark Noble was officially named on 28 September, in memory of the brother of the donor whose generosity paid for the vessel.


    Skip top of page or to page menu