Lifeboat Station : Weston-super-Mare
Main Contact Details
Birnbeck Island, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon
BS23 1AL
Telephone
01934 621871 (Shop: 01934 412767)
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Peter Holder
Telephone
07768 287236
Station Opening Times
Lifeboat station not generally open to public due to dangerous state of Birnbeck Pier
Shop
Easter - Oct - 10am - 4pm daily Tel: 01934 412767
About this station
Now operating two inshore lifeboats in the Severn estuary, Weston-super-Mare originally operated the first motor lifeboat to be placed on the Somerset coast. The station has been presented with six awards for gallantry.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
30/11/2008
Dart - 15:2930/11/2008
Falmouth - 06:3130/11/2008
Torbay - 03:34
Last Launch
15/11/2008
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.
£5M software donation
24/10/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
Microsoft is donating software worth £5M to the RNLI over the next 3 years.
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.