Lifeguard unit: Blackpool Sands
Main Contact Details
Area support centre
Tel:01548 857860
Headquarters
Tel: 01202 663553
email:
lifeguards@rnli.org.uk
Beach Information
RNLI lifeguarded beaches near you
About this beach
Blackpool Sands is a sand and shingle beach which is popular with families. It has a cafe/restaurant, toilets, disabled facilities, disabled access to the beach, a slipway and a car park. There is also a dog restricted area and a place for moored bathing rafts.
Lifeguard season dates
Peak season:
8 July - 10 September
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
Fishing boat saved from rocks
22/09/2008
By: Jo Damsell
Exmouth's all-weather lifeboat was tasked on 20 September to rescue a fishing vessel that had broken down and was drifting dangerously close to rocks.
Triple naming at The Lifeboat College
29/08/2008
By: Laura Fennimore
Three RNLI relief fleet inshore lifeboats, funded by generous legacies, will be officially named in the Sea Survival Centre at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 2 September.