Lifeboat Station : Barrow
Main Contact Details
Piel Street, Roa Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
LA13 0QQ
Telephone
01229 820941
- Explore 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
Ronal Nuttall
Telephone
01229 820941
07802 940669
Station Opening Times
10am-4pm daily
Shop
Tel: 01229 829 797
Accessibility
Disabled access
About this station
Barrow was the first station on the Lancashire coast to receive a motor lifeboat over 75 years ago.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
07/02/2010
New Brighton - 21:4407/02/2010
Scarborough - 14:1406/02/2010
Fleetwood - 11:39
Last Launch
04/01/2010
Barrow ILB rescues two people
04/01/2010
By: John Falvey, DLA
Barrow ILB plucks two ladies and their dog from a flooded Foulney causeway when they tried to cross with an incoming spring tide
Ormsgill Hotel pool team donate to lifeboat
04/11/2009
By: John Falvey, DLA
Members of the pool team from Ormsgill Hotel recently organised a fundraising night and donated £1000.64 to Barrow lifeboat
Barrows ALB escorts vessel to safety
18/09/2009
By: John Falvey, DLA
Barrows ALB launched in F6SW wind to a 43 foot commercial vessel with complete failure of both engines 3.5 miles SSW of station.
Lifeboat chaplain retires
13/09/2009
By: John Falvey DLA
Barrow lifeboat station chaplain Rev Colin Honour retires
Barrow ILB assists trimaran in trouble
27/08/2009
By: John Falvey, DLA
Trimaran Volare entering Barrow was unable to start her engine and the Force 6 wind pushed her towards the shore of Foulney Island
