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Borth Lifeboat Station
Borth Lifeboat Station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Borth Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Borth Lifeboat Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bad Achub Y Borth) is located on High Street in Borth, a village 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth, overlooking Cardigan Bay, in the county of Ceredigion. A lifeboat station was established at Borth by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in June 1966. The station currently operates a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Annie Lizzie (D-893), on station since 2024.
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Background
History
A private lifeboat operated at Borth between 1830 and 1850. No further details are available. In 1964, in response to an increasing amount of water-based leisure activity, the RNLI placed 25 small fast Inshore lifeboats around the country. These were easily launched with just a few people, ideal to respond quickly to local emergencies. More stations were opened in the following years, and a new station was opened at Borth in June 1966. The choice of Borth as a location for a lifeboat is accredited to the campaigning of two local men, councillor Gethin Evans, and WWII veteran Aran Morris , who said that his memories of Arctic convoys of World War II inspired him to press for the lifeboat…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4813, -4.0514
- Address
- 1874 High St
- Established
- 1966
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q4946743 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Borth Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Borth Lifeboat Station?
- Borth Lifeboat Station is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Borth Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 1966.
- Who owns Borth Lifeboat Station?
- Borth Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.