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Lifeboat Station : Burnham-on-Sea

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Pier Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset

TA8 1BT

Telephone

01278 789375

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    • RNLI Beach Lifeguard area

    Visitor Contact

    Ricky Holmes

    Telephone
    01278 782050
    07710 181999

    Station Opening Times

    By appointment only
    Don't miss: crew training - 7.30pm-9.30pm Weds

    Shop

    Lifeboat station forecourt. Open all Year. 01278 789883


    Accessibility

    Parking, disabled access




    Shot of Burnham-on-Sea station, showing launching equipment

    About this station

    Burnham-on-Sea is the RNLI’s newest lifeboat station on the Somerset coast. A lifeboat was stationed here in the 1800s and early 1900s but the present RNLI station opened only two years ago and operates two inshore lifeboats.

    Recent launches in the southwest (BST)

    • 05/07/2008

      Falmouth - 11:22
    • 05/07/2008

      Sennen Cove - 01:57
    • 05/07/2008

      Sennen Cove - 01:54

    Last Launch

    Launched this week
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