Portishead Lifeboat Station

Portishead Lifeboat Station is located at Pier Road, in the town of Portishead, located on the Severn Estuary in North Somerset. A lifeboat was stationed at Portishead in 1996 by the Portishead Lifeboat Trust, an independent lifeboat, operating from Sugar Loaf Beach.

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Email: hello@portishead-lifeboat.org.uk
Type: Public building
Description: RNLI Lifeboat Station in Eastcliff, England
Also known as: “Portishead Lifeboat Trust”
Address: Eastcliff, Bristol, BS20 7EA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portishead Point Lighthouse and Portbury Ashlands.

Portishead Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.

Portishead Point Lighthouse, more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, was built in Portishead, Somerset, England, in 1931. Portishead Point Lighthouse is situated 3,800 feet west of Portishead Lifeboat Station.

Portbury Ashlands

Nature reserve

Photo: Michael Dennis Stagg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portbury Ashlands which is now known as Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve is a nature reserve between Portishead and the Royal Portbury Dock in Somerset, England.

Black Nore Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Nore Lighthouse is a grade II listed building in Portishead, Somerset, England. The cast iron white-painted lighthouse was built in 1894 by Trinity House to guide shipping in the Severn Estuary as it made its way in and out of Bristol Harbour. Black Nore Lighthouse is situated 2 miles west of Portishead Lifeboat Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Marine and North Weston.

Port Marine

Suburb

Port Marine is a mixed-use, waterfront neighbourhood in the town of Portishead in North Somerset and an exurb of Bristol. Masterplanned during the late 1990s on the docklands and power station brownfield beside the Severn Estuary, the area now contains 3420 dwellings, a 133-berth marina, commercial and retail space, a nature reserve, and a sculpture trail.

North Weston

Village

North Weston is a village in the civil parish of Portishead, in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It lies between Portishead and Weston-in-Gordano, within the parish of Portishead. North Weston is situated 1½ miles southwest of Portishead Lifeboat Station.

Portbury

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet Sheepway, which is situated on moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near the Royal Portbury Dock. Portbury is situated 2 miles southeast of Portishead Lifeboat Station.

Portishead Lifeboat Station

Categories: lifeboat station, building, and government building
Location: Portishead, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49384° or 51° 29′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.75695° or 2° 45′ 25″ west

Inception

1995

Operator

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Open location code

9C3VF6VV+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 625980865

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

Wikidata ID

Q19655000

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Highlights include Portishead Pier and Lockside Square.

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