Walmer and Dover RNLI lifeboats rescue 34 teenagers and 2 adults

Three RNLI lifeboats from Dover and Walmer RNLI were tasked by the Coastguard at approximately 9.26pm on Monday 6 June to search for a large group of missing children and two adults.

The group of 34 teenagers and 2 adults from London were rescued after reporting themselves lost during a coastal walk on a beach in the vicinity of St Margaret’s Bay and Dover Harbour.

Video taken on board Walmer RNLI's inshore lifeboat

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