A blue triangular roof end with red edging and letters spelling out RNLI. There is a lifeboat weather vane on top.

Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station

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Covering a large stretch of the rugged North Devon coast, Ilfracombe has had a lifeboat for nearly 200 years. The two current lifeboats carry out a wide variety of shouts and four Medals for gallantry have been awarded.

Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station

Three different classes of lifeboat gather on a calm sea at sunrise.

Ilfracombe's lifeboats

Find out more about the lifeboats helping our crews to save lives at sea at Ilfracombe.

Our lifeboats

News and media from Ilfracombe

Read the latest rescue stories, volunteer news and updates from our lifeboat station.

Visitor information and facilities

Station address

Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station
The Lifeboat House
14 Broad Street
Ilfracombe
Devon
EX34 9EE

Station phone number

01271 863771

Station email address

[email protected]

Visiting times

From Easter to October
10am – 4pm daily

Visitor contact phone number

01271 863771

We offer a warm welcome to visitors at our boathouse in Ilfracombe. Our friendly boathouse team can you show you around the station and they are full of interesting information about it.

We also offer pre-booked tours of the boathouse and lifeboats for groups such as schools, youth groups or adult groups.

If you would like to book a group visit please email us at [email protected]