Borth Lifeboat Station
| Inshore Lifeboat | |
|---|---|
| Launch Method | Carriage |
| Address | High Street, Borth, Ceredigion, SY24 5LJ |
| Telephone | 01970 871746 |
Explore two centuries of RNLI lifeboat history, heroic rescues, and the enduring tradition of saving lives at sea.
In the long seaside village of Borth, north of Aberystwyth on Cardigan Bay, the station runs a single D-class inshore lifeboat, covering a wide, shallow beach and the sands towards Ynyslas at the mouth of the Dyfi. The RNLI established the station in 1966.
A private lifeboat is recorded as operating at Borth between about 1830 and 1850, though no details survive. The modern station dates from the 1960s: as the RNLI placed fast inshore lifeboats around the coast in response to growing leisure use of the water, a station was established at Borth in June 1966, its creation credited to the campaigning of local men including councillor Gethin Evans.
Borth’s long, gently shelving beach is popular with families, surfers and walkers, but its shallow water, fast incoming tides and the extensive sands towards Ynyslas regularly catch people out — cut off by the tide, carried out by rips, or in difficulty on the flats at the Dyfi mouth.
The station’s D-class — small, fast and able to work in shallow water and surf — is well suited to this coast, launching across the beach to reach casualties quickly. It works closely with the neighbouring stations around the bay, and with the lifeguards on the beach in summer.
