Lifeboat Station : West Kirby
Main Contact Details
Coronation Gardens, South Parade, West Kirby, Merseyside
CH48 3JU
Telephone
0151 625 1800
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Visitor Contact
Mr G S Hanson
Telephone
0151 625 9485
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
For 40 years an inshore lifeboat at West Kirby has covered an area off the north west tip of the Wirral peninsula. Today’s D class lifeboat is a re-engineered and updated version of the original D class.
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
Launched this week
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.