Abersoch Lifeboat Station
Abersoch Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Abersoch in Gwynedd, Wales. A station was opened in 1869 but was moved to become Penrhyndhu Lifeboat Station from 1894 until 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Cian’s Church and St Engan’s Church.
St Cian’s Church
Church
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St Cian’s Church is situated 1¼ miles west of Abersoch Lifeboat Station.
St Engan’s Church
Church
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St Engan's Church is an active parish church in Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales. The village lies in the south of the Llŷn Peninsula, south-west of Abersoch. St Engan’s Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of Abersoch Lifeboat Station.
St Tudwal’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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St Tudwal's Lighthouse on Saint Tudwal's Island West is active, but unstaffed. The site of the lighthouse, which marks the north end of Cardigan Bay, was purchased by Trinity House in 1876 at the sum of £111 and the next year the stone building was complete. St Tudwal’s Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Abersoch Lifeboat Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abersoch and Llangian.
Abersoch
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abersoch is a village in Llŷn particularly favoured for sailing. The village and the roads to the headlands west of it tend to get very crowded. Packed with holiday homes, making housing unaffordable to most locals, it becomes a bit of a ghost town outside of the main tourist season.
Llangian
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangian is a small village and former civil parish on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is located 1 mile north west of Abersoch, in the community of Llanengan.
Llanengan
Village
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Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census. Llanengan is situated 1½ miles southwest of Abersoch Lifeboat Station.
Abersoch Lifeboat Station
- Type: Building
- Description: lifeboat station in Abersoch, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Category: lifeboat station
- Location: Llanengan, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82648° or 52° 49′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.50449° or 4° 30′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C4QRFGW+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 355534501OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q108283718
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In Other Languages
“Abersoch Lifeboat Station” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Bad Achub Abersoch”
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Highlights include Boat Yard and Abersoch Post Office.
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