Lifeboat Station : Barra Island
Main Contact Details
Main Street, Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides
HS9 5XD
Telephone
(01871) 810307
- Discover this station
Station Information
Stations near you
- 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
Roderick MacLean
Station email address barra-island@rnli.org.uk
Telephone
01871 810307
Station Opening Times
11am - 4pm Monday - Thursday
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
For nearly 75 years, an all weather lifeboat has launched from Castlebay on the Outer Hebrides island, often into ‘diabolical’ seas (see 1979). Today the station operates the largest class of lifeboat, a Severn class.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
05/09/2010
Stromness - 17:0905/09/2010
Thurso - 12:1204/09/2010
Anstruther - 21:31
