Lifeboat Station : Workington
Main Contact Details
North Jetty, Prince of Wales Dock, Workington, Cumbria
CA14 2JH
Telephone
01900 604124
- Observe this station
Station Information
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Visitor Contact
John Thompson
Telephone
01900 604124
Station Opening Times
9am-4pm daily
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Workington lifeboat station is the only station to have an all weather lifeboat launched by a davit system over the dock wall. The station also has a new D class lifeboat, which is a re-engineered and updated version of the original D class.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
07/09/2008
Tynemouth - 15:5207/09/2008
Tynemouth - 15:5007/09/2008
New Brighton - 13:55
Last Launch
30/08/2008
Busy day for Seahouses
06/08/2008
By: Ian Clayton
Humber Coastguard paged Seahouses lifeboat station last night after reports of two people trapped on Holy Island causeway.
Sunderland prepares for open day
06/08/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland lifeboat station will hold its annual open day on Sunday, 10 August, from 11am–4pm.
Official naming at Seahouses
08/07/2008
By: Alison Levett
Seahouses' new D class lifeboat will be officially named on Saturday.
Woman and dog rescued by Sunderland lifeboats
02/07/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's lifeboats rescued a woman and her dog on Wednesday after they were cut off by the rising tide.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.