Seahouses Lifeboat Station
| All-Weather Lifeboat | |
|---|---|
| Inshore Lifeboat | |
| Launch Method | SLARS (tractor) / Carriage |
| Address | Seafield Road, Seahouses, Northumberland, NE68 7SH |
| Telephone | 01665 720370 |
| Website | www.seahouseslifeboat.org.uk |
Explore two centuries of RNLI lifeboat history, heroic rescues, and the enduring tradition of saving lives at sea.
Set on the Northumberland coast opposite the Farne Islands, Seahouses Lifeboat Station — known until 1999 as North Sunderland — carries one of the most resonant names in lifeboat history. It was from these waters that Grace Darling rowed to the wreck of the Forfarshire in 1838, and the station’s inshore lifeboat bears her name today, launching alongside a Shannon-class all-weather lifeboat.
A privately funded lifeboat was first stationed at North Sunderland in 1827, and the station was taken over by the RNLI in 1859. Originally known as North Sunderland Lifeboat Station, it was formally renamed Seahouses at the crew’s request in 1999.
The villages of North Sunderland and Seahouses grew together around the harbour and have effectively merged. A Mersey-class lifeboat named Grace Darling served from 1990 until 2020, when she was retired and sold to the ADES lifeboat service in Uruguay.
