Lifeboat Station : Newquay
Main Contact Details
Newquay Lifeboat Station, Newquay Harbour, Newquay, Cornwall
TR7 1HR
Telephone
01637 873846
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Station Information
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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
Gareth Horner
Telephone
01637 873846
07785 593230
Station Opening Times
May-Sep 9am-5pm most days
Shop
Easter - end of Oct 10am - 4pm daily Tel: 01637 852496
About this station
For nearly 80 years the station operated an all weather lifeboat until it closed in 1945. After a gap of 20 years the station opened again with an inshore lifeboat and has carried out a variety of rescues, earning several awards for gallantry.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
11/10/2008
Appledore - 17:1211/10/2008
Torbay - 15:5611/10/2008
Rock - 13:52
Last Launch
04/10/2008
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.