Lifeboat Station : Port Talbot
Main Contact Details
Port Talbot lifeboat station, Princess Margaret Way, Aberafon Seafront, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom
SA12 6QW
Telephone
01639 884290
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
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- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Mel Cooper
Telephone
01639 897809
01639 894335
Station Opening Times
9am - 1pm Sunday Don't miss: crew training - 9am - 1pm Sunday
Shop
Tel:01639 896687
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
For nearly 40 years an inshore lifeboat at Port Talbot has covered an area of Swansea Bay. Port Talbot is one of the more recent lifeboat stations in Wales.
Recent launches in wales (BST)
06/01/2009
Moelfre - 09:3704/01/2009
Rhyl - 18:4904/01/2009
Fishguard - 12:52
Last Launch
14/09/2008
D class named at St Davids
25/11/2008
By: Jim Phillips
Despite the poor weather, crowds flocked to St Davids on Sunday to see the naming of the station's new D class lifeboat Myrtle and Trevor Gurr.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from Wales, West Mercia and the Isle of Man in Compass, available here.
Family rescued from grounded RIB
15/09/2008
By: Peter Wright
A rigid inflatable boat with two adults and two children onboard ran aground in Conwy Bay on Saturday afternoon.
Holyhead lifeboat leads historic procession
01/09/2008
By: Ray Steadman
A flotilla of gaff-rigged wooden boats sailed into Holyhead on 31 August, led by the town's Severn class lifeboat Christopher Pearce.
Scrum on the Beach
15/08/2008
By: Paul Cullen
England rugby players Danny Cipriani and Nick Easter enjoyed a day on the beach on Wednesday, in the centre of Birmingham, with RNLI Lifeguards giving safety advice.