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Lifeboat Station : Salcombe

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Salcombe lifeboat station Union Street Salcombe Devon

TQ8 8BZ

Telephone

01548 842158

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    • Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
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    • RNLI Beach Lifeguard area

    Visitor Contact

    Peter Hodges or Marco Brimacombe

    Telephone
    01548 842158

    Station Opening Times

    10am-4.30pm daily
    Don't miss: Salcombe lifeboat museum

    Shop

    Easter - Christmas - 10.30am - 3.30pm daily Tel: 01548 844386


    Accessibility

    Parking, disabled parking, disabled access




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    About this station

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    Salcombe lifeboat station has operated an all weather lifeboat for nearly 140 years and the crews have received 18 awards for gallantry. A recent addition to the station is an inshore B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat.

    Recent launches in the southwest (BST)

    • 08/08/2008

      Fowey - 20:46
    • 08/08/2008

      Appledore - 19:51
    • 08/08/2008

      Falmouth - 19:49

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    • Image of Paddle for Life lifeguards

      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.

    • Presentation of the cheque to Andrew Freemantle

      £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.

    • Image of Dart naming ceremony

      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.

    • image of Penlee crew

      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.

    • St Agnes Yearbook

      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.


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