Burnham Area Rescue Boat

Burnham Area Rescue Boat, also known as BARB Search & Rescue, is a voluntary independent search and rescue service, formed in 1992 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset that operates two rescue hovercraft and two inshore rescue boats in the Bridgwater Bay area.

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Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Building
Description: independent search and rescue service in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset, England
Also known as: “BARB Search & Rescue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station and River Brue.

Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station is located on Pier street in Burnham-on-Sea, a seaside town at the mouth of the River Parrett, overlooking Bridgwater Bay and the Bristol Channel. Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station is situated 660 feet east of Burnham Area Rescue Boat.

River Brue

River

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The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

Photo: Major Slateley Boncass, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church of Burnham-on-Sea in the English county of Somerset. Of medieval origins, the church is a grade I listed building, well known for its leaning tower. St Andrew’s Church is situated 2,400 feet north of Burnham Area Rescue Boat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnham-on-Sea and Huntspill.

Burnham-on-Sea

Town

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Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort.

Huntspill

Village

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Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of Highbridge. The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West Huntspill. Huntspill is situated 2 miles south of Burnham Area Rescue Boat.

Brent Knoll

Village

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Brent Knoll, formerly known as South Brent, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies on the southern edge of Brent Knoll – a hill with a height of 137 metres that dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels. Brent Knoll is situated 2½ miles northeast of Burnham Area Rescue Boat.

Burnham Area Rescue Boat

Categories: lifeboat station, sea rescue organization, and nonprofit organization
Location: Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.23303° or 51° 13′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.9999° or 2° 59′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C3V62M2+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 77771731

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q4999735

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In Other Languages

“Burnham Area Rescue Boat” goes by many names.

French: “Station de Sauvetage de Burnham”

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