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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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
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)
11/10/2008
Appledore - 17:1211/10/2008
Torbay - 15:5611/10/2008
Rock - 13:52
Last Launch
05/10/2008
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
Fishing boat saved from rocks
22/09/2008
By: Jo Damsell
Exmouth's all-weather lifeboat was tasked on 20 September to rescue a fishing vessel that had broken down and was drifting dangerously close to rocks.
Triple naming at The Lifeboat College
29/08/2008
By: Laura Fennimore
Three RNLI relief fleet inshore lifeboats, funded by generous legacies, will be officially named in the Sea Survival Centre at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 2 September.