Lifeboat Station : Poole
Main Contact Details
Poole Lifeboat Station The Quay, Dorset, United Kingdom
BH15 1HZ
Telephone
(01202) 665607
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Rod Brown
Telephone
Day: 01202 665607
Eve: 01202 671681
Station Opening Times
By appointment only Don't miss: Thomas Kirk Wright, one of the Dunkirk Little Ships, a surf lifeboat on loan from the National Maritime Musuem and the Old Boathouse
Shop
The Old Lifeboat Museum Weekend 10-4 - Weekdays 11-4 Based on volunteer availability Tel: 01202 666046 HQ Reception 9am-5pm Mon-Fri Tel: 0845 1226999
Accessibility
The Old Lifeboat Museum Fishermans Dock, Ballard Road, Poole BH15 1RA Don't miss: Thomas Kirk Wright, one of the Dunkirk Little Ships, a surf lifeboat on loan from the National Maritime Musuem
About this station
Lifeboats at Poole have been launching into one of the largest natural harbours in the world for over 140 years and the crews have been presented with 22 awards for gallantry. Today, the station has both an inshore lifeboat, launching from a floating boathouse, and an all weather lifeboat.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
08/08/2008
Appledore - 19:5108/08/2008
Falmouth - 19:4908/08/2008
Poole - 19:12
Last Launch
Launched this week
Busy Sunday afternoon for Poole lifeboats
24/06/2008
By: Anne Millman
On a sunny but windy afternoon, with winds gusting up to force 7, the inshore lifeboat carried out five shouts and the all-weather lifeboat one shout.
£2,300 is no bluff
24/06/2008
By: Anne Millman
An amazing effort by four Year 7 pupils at Eastbrook College, Gloucester, added over £2,300 to Poole lifeboat station’s funds.
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.