Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station

Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station
The lifeboat station at Birnbeck which was used from 1902 until 2014
Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station is located in Somerset
Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station
Weston-super-Mare shown within Somerset
General information
TypeRNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationKnightstone Harbour, BS23 2BE
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°21′08″N 2°59′17″W / 51.352246°N 2.988129°W / 51.352246; -2.988129
Opened1882
OwnerRoyal National Lifeboat Institution
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureLifeboat house and slipway (Birnbeck Island)
Designated18 May 1983
Reference no.1137515[1]

Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England.[2] For more than 100 years it was situated on Birnbeck Island but is now in a temporary building at Knightstone Harbour until a new lifeboat station can be built nearby. It is operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1882, and since 1969 it has only operated inshore lifeboats (ILBs), currently a B-class (Atlantic 85) and a smaller D-class (IB1).

  1. ^ Historic England, "Lifeboat house and slipway (1137515)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 May 2024
  2. ^ "Weston-super-Mare Lifeboat Station – RNLI website". Home page of the Weston-super-Mare station. RNLI. Retrieved 10 April 2014.