Behind the Scenes at Tower Lifeboat
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Lifeboat Pier
Victoria Embankment Westminster London WC2R 2PP United KingdomDescription
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea and on the River Thames, and has four lifeboat stations on the tidal Thames. Ever since it opened in January 2002 Tower Lifeboat Station has been the busiest in the entire RNLI, with crew on duty 24 hours a day every day throughout the year.
Learn what keeps Tower Lifeboat so busy, and about the RNLI’s work round the whole of the UK and Ireland. See the crew kit, the duty lifeboat – Tower operates the fastest class of lifeboat in the whole RNLI fleet – and the modern facilities on a pier built at the same time as the Embankment itself and used as a river police station for over 125 years.
Places are limited to 15 on each tour and booking is essential. The RNLI may refuse access, cancel a tour, or terminate a tour early, for operational reasons.
Tours are free, but please make a donation when you visit: the RNLI receives no government funding for the lifeboat service, which depends entirely on public generosity.
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The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea and on the River Thames. The vision of the RNLI is to end preventable loss of life at sea and on the tidal Thames, with four lifeboat stations providing an emergency search and rescue service between Teddington Lock in the west and Gravesend in the east. Tower Lifeboat Station is the busiest of these, operating roughly between Battersea Railway Bridge and Barking Creek.