Lifeboat Station : Blackpool
Main Contact Details
Central Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire
FY1 5JA
Telephone
01253 620424
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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
Keith Horrocks
Telephone
01253 620424
07980 950246
Station Opening Times
10am - 4pm daily
Shop
Easter - November 10am - 4pm daily Tel: 01253 290816
Accessibility
Disabled access
About this station
Blackpool lifeboat station is one of only two lifeboat stations that have three inshore lifeboats - an Atlantic 75 and two D class lifeboats. The lifeboat crews have been presented with 11 awards for gallantry during its 141-year history.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
11/10/2008
Humber - 17:5911/10/2008
Cleethorpes - 17:2011/10/2008
Staithes and Runswick - 15:54
Last Launch
25/09/2008
RNLI runners turn out for Great North Run
06/10/2008
By: Alison Levett
Around 250 runners joined Team RNLI at the BUPA Great North Run yesterday (5 October), the world's biggest half-marathon.
New Tynemouth lifeboat named
02/10/2008
By: Adrian Don
Tynemouth's new D class lifeboat Mark Noble was officially named on 28 September, in memory of the brother of the donor whose generosity paid for the vessel.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.
Swimmer saved by Blackpool crew
15/09/2008
By: Paul Parton
Blackpool lifeboat crew saved a woman on Saturday evening, 13 September, after she got into difficulty while swimming.
Flood Rescue team in Morpeth
08/09/2008
By: Alison Levett
A team of 21 RNLI crew members worked tirelessly for 15 hours through Saturday night and Sunday morning to rescue people from flooded homes in Morpeth, Northumberland.