RNLI Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station

Lifeboat Station : Ilfracombe

Main Contact Details

Ilfracombe lifeboat station The Lifeboat House 14 Broad Street Ilfracombe Devon

EX34 9EE

Telephone

01271 863771

Discover this station

Ilfracombe

Station Information

Stations near you

$Ilfracombe, North Devon Map$

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

Andrew Putt

Telephone
01271 863771

Station Opening Times

10am-1pm, 2pm-4.30pm daily

Directions

Shop

Easter-Christmas Tel: 01271 879405

$A picture of Ilfracombe station.$

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)

07/08/2008
Falmouth - 23:18
07/08/2008
Exmouth - 15:42
07/08/2008
Padstow - 14:22

Last Launch

Launched within 24 hours

Lifeguards complete Paddle for Life
07/08/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
Eight RNLI lifeguards paddled 10 miles on their rescue boards from Whitsand Bay to Looe in Cornwall yesterday to celebrate Lifeguard week and raise money for the Life first campaign.
£24,000 cheque presentation
05/08/2008
By: Becky King
The RNLI was presented with a cheque for £24,000 yesterday by the Freemasons' Grand Charity – the first installment of a 3-year grant worth £72,000.
Dart lifeboat out before champagne dries
04/08/2008
By: John Fenton
Dart's B class inshore lifeboat Spirit of the Dart was called out twice on the day of her official naming ceremony.
RNLI MOB Guardian saves fishermen's lives
24/07/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
The lives of two young fishermen have been saved off the coast of Cornwall thanks to the RNLI's MOB Guardian fishing safety system.
The story of Blue Peter IV
18/07/2008
By: South West Region
All you need to know about the history of the St Agnes lifeboat Blue Peter IV and her crew's lifesaving services over the past 40 years can be found in the St Agnes Lifeboat Yearbook 2008 - 2009.