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)
19/08/2008
Fowey - 16:0019/08/2008
Teignmouth - 14:4319/08/2008
Looe - 14:15
Last Launch
01/08/2008
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.