Lifeboat Station : Workington
Main Contact Details
North Jetty, Prince of Wales Dock, Workington, Cumbria
CA14 2JH
Telephone
01900 604124
- 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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- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
John Thompson
Telephone
01900 604124
Station Opening Times
9am-4pm daily
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Workington lifeboat station is the only station to have an all weather lifeboat launched by a davit system over the dock wall. The station also has a new D class lifeboat, which is a re-engineered and updated version of the original D class.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
17/05/2008
Filey - 09:5117/05/2008
Tynemouth - 09:0916/05/2008
Tynemouth - 06:52
Last Launch
05/04/2008
Free Wills fortnight
16/05/2008
By: Nina Stubbs
On Free Wills fortnight, 15–30 May, some of the UK's biggest charities get together to offer people over 55 the chance to have their Wills written or updated for free by local solicitors.
Lifeboats called as cruiser gets lost in fog
15/05/2008
By: Adrian Don
Tynemouth's all-weather lifeboat and Cullercoats's inshore lifeboat were launched on Sunday afternoon, 11 May, when the skipper of a pleasure boat called for help after getting lost in fog.
Search for missing man
12/05/2008
By: Lee Jackson
Staithes and Runswick's B class lifeboat Pride of Leicester was launched on Sunday morning to help search for a missing man.
Man rescued from Wearmouth Bridge
06/05/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's Atlantic 85 lifeboat Wolseley was among a host of emergency services that were called to assist a distressed man on Wearmouth Bridge.
RNLI Compass Spring 2008
23/04/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.