Lifeboat Station : Poole
Main Contact Details
Poole Lifeboat Station The Quay, Dorset, United Kingdom
BH15 1HZ
Telephone
(01202) 665607
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Rod Brown
Telephone
Day: 01202 665607
Eve: 01202 671681
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
The Old Lifeboat Museum Weekend 10-4 - Weekdays 11-4 based on volunteer availability Tel: 01202 666046 HQ Reception 9am-5pm Mon-Fri Tel: 0845 1226999 Don't miss: Thomas Kirk Wright, one of the Dunkirk Little Ships, a surf lifeboat on loan from the National Maritime Museum and the Old Boathouse which can be found at: The Old Lifeboat Museum,Fishermans Dock, Ballard Road, Poole BH15 1RA
About this station
Lifeboats at Poole have been launching into one of the largest natural harbours in the world for over 140 years and the crews have been presented with 22 awards for gallantry. Today, the station has both an inshore lifeboat, launching from a floating boathouse, and an all weather lifeboat.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
30/11/2008
Dart - 15:2930/11/2008
Falmouth - 06:3130/11/2008
Torbay - 03:34
Last Launch
14/11/2008
Busy Sunday afternoon for Poole lifeboats
24/06/2008
By: Anne Millman
On a sunny but windy afternoon, with winds gusting up to force 7, the inshore lifeboat carried out five shouts and the all-weather lifeboat one shout.
£2,300 is no bluff
24/06/2008
By: Anne Millman
An amazing effort by four Year 7 pupils at Eastbrook College, Gloucester, added over £2,300 to Poole lifeboat station’s funds.
Bobby's Boat named at College
24/11/2008
By: Amy Ross
A D class lifeboat for the RNLI relief fleet was named Bobby's Boat at the Lifeboat College on 14 November.
RNLI trainer awarded prestigious medal
17/11/2008
By: Tamsin Thomas
RNLI Sea Survival Trainer Paul Savage has been awarded the prestigious Thomas Gray Silver Medal at the Annual Court of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets.
