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RNLI The Lizard Lifeboat Station

Our lifeboat stations

Our 24-hour search and rescue service operates from 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland.

Lifeboat stations are not just a place to store and maintain our lifesaving craft. They are a place to train vital lifesaving skills. A hub for the local community to come together towards a shared goal of keeping the waters around them safe. And they are also often the first point of refuge a casualty is taken to after being rescued.

Built in all shapes and sizes, and placed in locations both central and remote. They help the RNLI to create a ring of safety around the coasts of the UK and Ireland. Building and maintaining our lifeboat station is an important part of our lifesaving work. And it’s all only possible thanks to donations from supporters like you.

Our lifeboat stations

Tower lifeboat station on the River Thames

Tower Lifeboat Station

Located on the Thames in the heart of London, Tower lifeboat station is our busiest.
A Tamar class lifeboat emerges from a boathouse as it launches down a slipway

St Davids Lifeboat Station

In the UK’s smallest city, St Davids lifeboat station is one of our many slipway stations.
Drone shot of Pwllheli lifeboat station with a Shannon class lifeboat moving down the slipway

Pwllheli Lifeboat Station

The boathouse at Pwllheli was designed by one of the crew members, architect and coxswain Clive Moore.
View from the bottom of the lift looking up at Port Erin Lifeboat Station with a B class inshore lifeboat in its carriage.

Port Erin Lifeboat Station

The crew at Port Erin launch their lifeboat using a unique carriage lift system.
A tractor launches a B class lifeboat into a lough next to the Carrybridge boathouse

Carrybridge Lifeboat Station

Carrybridge is one of several lifeboat stations located on a lough.
Aith lifeboat station with their Severn class lifeboat docked nearby

Aith Lifeboat Station

Closer to Norway than Edinburgh, Aith on the Isle of Shetland is our most northerly station.

238 lifeboat stations

9,312 Lifeboat launches

£1,400 average annual training cost for a crew member

Interior view of a boathouse being constructed with wooden frame visible and scaffolding in place

Lifeboat station projects

The RNLI are always working to build and improve lifeboat stations for our crews and the lives we saved. Every project is only possible thanks to your support.

A B class lifeboat on a carriage is towed out of a boathouse with a crew member following close

RNLI/Nathan Williams

Caring for lifeboat stations

Our maintenance teams and station crews work diligently to ensure that our lifeboat stations are fit for lifesaving. With our high design standards and rigorous maintenance programme, we can extend the operational lives of our lifeboat stations to up to 100 years.

Hayling Lifeboat station

Find your nearest lifeboat station

Located all around the UK and Ireland, if you take a trip to the coast, you’re likely to be near an RNLI Lifeboat Station. Many of our stations can be visited. Find your nearest lifeboat station and see our lifeboats up close.

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Interior view of a boathouse being constructed with wooden frame visible and scaffolding in place
Lifeboat station projects
We rely on your support to help fund our major lifeboat station alteration and construction projects around the UK and Ireland.
View some of our projects
Lizard tamar class lifeboat inside the new boathouse
Caring for our lifeboat stations
With our high design standards and rigorous maintenance programme, we can extend the operational lives of our lifeboat stations to up to 100 years. 
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Hayling Lifeboat station
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