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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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)
20/07/2008
Penlee - 16:3520/07/2008
Exmouth - 14:2320/07/2008
Mudeford - 13:25
Last Launch
13/07/2008
Version 1 18072008
18/07/2008
By: South West Region
All you need to know about the history of the St Agnes lifeboat Blue Peter IV and her crew's lifesaving services over the past 40 years can be found in the St Agnes Lifeboat Yearbook 2008 - 2009.
Lakeman album launch for RNLI
18/07/2008
By: Tamsin Thomas
Seth Lakeman, whose new album Poor Man's Heaven entered the UK album chart at number 8, chose the RNLI to benefit from his album launch in memory of the volunteer crew of the Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne, who lost their lives in 1981.
New recycling partners
07/07/2008
By: Rhys Parker
Millions of cartridges and mobile phones are discarded every year.
RNLI lifeguards for Kennack Sands
04/07/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
RNLI lifeguards will patrol Kennack Sands beach in Cornwall for the first time from Saturday 12 July.
All-new press centre launched
03/07/2008
By: Mairead Dwane
The online multimedia press centre is the latest addition to rnli.org.uk.