Lifeboat Station : Silloth
Main Contact Details
The Boathouse, Lawn Terrace, Silloth, Wigton
CA7 4AW
Telephone
01697 331691
- 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
Eddie Studholme
Telephone
01697 361019
07802 940671
Station Opening Times
10am-12pm Sun or by appointment only
Shop
Easter - Dec - 1pm - 4pm Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 2pm - 4pm - Wed 11am - 4pm - weekends Weekends only during Oct and Nov Sun only during Dec Tel: 01697 331866
Accessibility
parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Nestling on the shores of the Solway Firth a lifeboat has provided cover in the area for nearly 75 years. The people of North Cumbria contributed to today’s inshore Atlantic 75 lifeboat Spirit of Cumbria.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
27/08/2008
Skegness - 14:0527/08/2008
New Brighton - 11:2127/08/2008
Staithes and Runswick - 11:04
Last Launch
04/08/2008
Busy day for Seahouses
06/08/2008
By: Ian Clayton
Humber Coastguard paged Seahouses lifeboat station last night after reports of two people trapped on Holy Island causeway.
Sunderland prepares for open day
06/08/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland lifeboat station will hold its annual open day on Sunday, 10 August, from 11am–4pm.
Official naming at Seahouses
08/07/2008
By: Alison Levett
Seahouses' new D class lifeboat will be officially named on Saturday.
Woman and dog rescued by Sunderland lifeboats
02/07/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's lifeboats rescued a woman and her dog on Wednesday after they were cut off by the rising tide.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.