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Lifeboat Station : Port Talbot

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Port Talbot Lifeboat Station, Princess Margaret Way, Aberafon Seafront, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom

SA12 6QW

Telephone

01639 884290

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    • Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
    • Discover stations are normally open during the summer months
    • Observe stations may be open by appointment only
    • RNLI Beach Lifeguard area

    Visitor Contact

    Mel Cooper

    Telephone
    01639 897809
    01639 894335

    Station Opening Times

    9am - 1pm Sunday
    Don't Miss: Crew Training - 9am - 1pm Sunday

    Shop

    Weekends only Tel:01639 896687


    Accessibility

    Parking




    A picture of Port Talbot station.

    About this station

    For nearly 40 years an inshore lifeboat at Port Talbot has covered an area of Swansea Bay. Port Talbot is one of the more recent lifeboat stations in Wales.

    Recent launches in wales (BST)

    • 08/07/2008

      Flint - 23:54
    • 08/07/2008

      St Davids - 16:58
    • 08/07/2008

      Port St Mary - 16:46

    Last Launch

    07/06/2008
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    • Image of Tom and Johnny

      Lifeguards and lifeboats rescue kayakers

      07/07/2008

      By: Sandi Hill

      RNLI lifeguards in Pembrokeshire worked with their local lifeboats to rescue four kayakers on Saturday.

    • Image of motor cruiser

      Medevac and tow for Douglas

      04/07/2008

      By: Roger Oram

      Douglas's Tyne class lifeboat Sir William Hillary was launched at 3.35pm on 21 June to a motor cruiser with fuel problems.

    • Image of Abersoch lifeboat station

      Abersoch launch to capsized dinghy

      03/07/2008

      By: Twrog Jones

      Abersoch's inshore lifeboat was launched at midday last Thursday to help two people in the water after their sailing dinghy capsized.

    • Image of MOB Guardian personal safety device

      Manx fishermen install MOB Guardian

      02/07/2008

      By: Danielle Rush

      A third of all fishing vessels on the Isle of Man are in being fitted with the RNLI's MOB Guardian man overboard and vessel locator alert system.

    • Image of RNLI Compass

      RNLI Compass Summer 2008

      01/07/2008

      By: RNLI Publications

      Read more stories from Wales, West Mercia and the Isle of Man in Compass, available here.


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