Burry Port Lifeboat Station

Burry Port Lifeboat Station is located on the eastern side of Burry Port Harbour, overlooking the River Loughor and Burry Inlet, in the county of Carmarthenshire, on the South Wales coast.

Photo: IwanThomas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Burry Port Lighthouse and Pembrey and Burry Port railway station.

Burry Port Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Vouliagmeni, Public domain.

Burry Port Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Burry Port. Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. Burry Port Lighthouse is situated 870 feet southwest of Burry Port Lifeboat Station.

Pembrey and Burry Port railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Pembrey and Burry Port railway station is a railway station on the West Wales line serving Pembrey and Burry Port, in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is adjacent to Burry Port's main shopping area. Pembrey and Burry Port railway station is situated 1,700 feet north of Burry Port Lifeboat Station.

Burry Port Library

Library

Photo: Ronald John Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burry Port Library is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Burry Port Lifeboat Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burry Port and Pembrey.

Burry Port

Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burry Port is a town in Carmarthenshire in South Wales, 5 miles to the west of Llanelli. It is a harbour town and is famous for being the landing site of Amelia Earheart in her successful attempt at being the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Pembrey

Village

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pembrey is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011.

Pwll

Village

Photo: David Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pwll is a small coastal village, located between Llanelli and Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated on a narrow ledge above the tidal Burry Estuary, the village offers panoramic views across the water to the Gower Peninsula and is traversed by the Millennium Coastal Path, a thirteen-mile traffic-free greenway connecting Bynea to Pembrey. Pwll is situated 2 miles east of Burry Port Lifeboat Station.

Burry Port Lifeboat Station

Type: Building
Description: lifeboat station in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Category: lifeboat station
Location: Pembrey and Burry Port Town, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.67928° or 51° 40′ 45″ north

Longitude

-4.24857° or 4° 14′ 55″ west

Inception

September 2019

Operator

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Open location code

9C3QMQH2+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 893288540

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q5000540

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In Other Languages

From French to Welsh—“Burry Port Lifeboat Station” goes by many names.

French: “Station de Sauvetage en Mer de Burry Port”
Welsh: “Gorsaf Bad Achub Porth Tywyn”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Outer Harbour and East Dock.

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