Lifeboat Station : Ilfracombe
Main Contact Details
Ilfracombe lifeboat station The Lifeboat House 14 Broad Street Ilfracombe Devon
EX34 9EE
Telephone
01271 863771
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Andrew Putt
Telephone
01271 863771
Station Opening Times
10am-1pm, 2pm-4.30pm daily
Shop
Easter-Christmas Tel: 01271 879405
About this station
Covering part of the north Devon coast, Ilfracombe has celebrated nearly 180 years as a lifeboat station. The two lifeboats carry out a wide variety of shouts and four Medals for gallantry have been awarded.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
04/07/2009
St Mary's - 02:5003/07/2009
Poole - 18:3403/07/2009
Swanage - 18:31
Last Launch
Launched this week
Planning approved for Lizard
01/07/2009
By: Tamsin Thomas
Planning permission has been granted for a new RNLI lifeboat station at the Lizard, Cornwall.
RNLI Compass Summer 2009
26/06/2009
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the South West in Compass, available here.
Sunny May means busy lifeguards
17/06/2009
By: Amy Caldwell
A bright, sunny May made for a busy time for North Devon's RNLI lifeguards, as thousands of people visited the beaches to make the most of it.
Putting training into practice
15/06/2009
By: Clare Julier
A routine exercise on the evening of 10 June between The Lizard lifeboat and 771 Search and Rescue Squadron was re-enacted the next day for real.
New man at the helm
09/06/2009
By: Roselyne Crowther
Paul Boissier will be the RNLI's new Chief Executive, when Andrew Freemantle retires in September after 10 years' service.
