Lifeguard unit: Sandbanks
Main Contact Details
Area support centre
Tel:01202 516962
Headquarters
Tel: 01202 663553
email:
lifeguards@rnli.org.uk
Beach Information
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About this beach
Sandbanks beach is popular with visitors and families. There are three main sections of the beach, some with a promenade. Part of the beach is backed by private houses.
Lifeguard season dates
1 May - 30 September
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.
RNLI MOB Guardian saves fishermen's lives
24/07/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
The lives of two young fishermen have been saved off the coast of Cornwall thanks to the RNLI's MOB Guardian fishing safety system.