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About our station

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The lifeboat answers approximately 60 to 70 calls per year, the majority being in the summer months.

All members of our crew are volunteers, with full time jobs elsewhere. The boathouse is normally unmanned, and the crew are summoned by pager, activated by the Coastguards. We also sometimes fire a maroon, as a back-up to the paging system, and to let a casualty know that help is on it's way.

   The boat is launched across the beach by

    tractor and drive-on / drive-off carriage

We have a small shop selling teas, coffees, and souvenirs. 

Access to the boathouse is via the West Harbour gate, in Harbour Street.

Visits & Talks

Groups can be shown round (by prior arrangement) by the Lifeboat Education & Visits Officer, Geoff Parry, who is also available to talk to schools and adult groups or clubs about the work of the RNLI in general and Whitstable lifeboat in particular. 

Click here to email any talk requests / enquiries.

The address of the station is:

Whitstable Lifeboat Station

The Harbour

Whitstable

CT5 1AB