Lifeboat Station : Silloth
Main Contact Details
The Boathouse, Lawn Terrace, Silloth, Wigton
CA7 4AW
Telephone
01697 331691
- 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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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Eddie Studholme
Telephone
01697 361019
07802 940671
Station Opening Times
10am-12pm Sun or by appointment only
Shop
June-Dec Tel: 01697 331866
Accessibility
parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Nestling on the shores of the Solway Firth a lifeboat has provided cover in the area for nearly 75 years. The people of North Cumbria contributed to today’s inshore Atlantic 75 lifeboat Spirit of Cumbria.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
08/07/2008
Whitby - 19:5608/07/2008
Hartlepool - 17:1208/07/2008
New Brighton - 14:18
Last Launch
23/06/2008
Woman and dog rescued by Sunderland lifeboats
02/07/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's lifeboats rescued a woman and her dog on Wednesday after they were cut off by the rising tide.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.
18-hour shout for Humber
27/06/2008
By: Alison Levett
Humber lifeboat crew returned to station this morning (Friday) after an 18-hour shout to the 18m trawler Lindisfarne.
Hoylake crew take on climbs
25/06/2008
By: Alison Levett
Two RNLI crew members from Hoylake will take on endurance tests this weekend to raise funds for the station's £2M appeal.
Barrow lifeboat helps drifting yacht
20/06/2008
By: John Falvey
Barrow's D class lifeboat Spirit of Tamworth launched on Thursday afternoon after an unmanned vessel was reported to be drifting in Walney Channel.