Flamborough Lifeboat Station
| Inshore Lifeboat | |
|---|---|
| Launch Method | Carriage |
| Address | South Landing, South Sea Road, Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO15 1AE |
| Telephone | 01262 850947 |
Explore two centuries of RNLI lifeboat history, heroic rescues, and the enduring tradition of saving lives at sea.
On the great chalk headland of Flamborough Head, lifeboats have served since 1871, when two stations — one at North Landing, one at South — were opened after the devastating Great Gale of that year. North Landing closed in 1993, and today a single station at South Landing runs an Atlantic 85.
Two lifeboat stations were built at Flamborough in 1871, on the north and south sides of the Head, so that whichever way the wind blew, one boat could always be launched. The arrangement followed the Great Gale of February 1871, which wrecked many ships along the coast.
The South Landing No. 2 station closed in 1938; in 1993 the RNLI withdrew the North Landing all-weather lifeboat and built a new inshore boathouse on the original South Landing site, which serves to this day.
