About

Burnham-on-Crouch Lifeboat Station is an inshore Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station, covering the River Crouch between Battlesbridge, Brandy Hole, North Fambridge and Althorne, to the River Roach and areas extending beyond the river entrance and into the maze of sandbanks and mudflats that lie offshore.

The station has two inshore lifeboats, operated by a team of 20 volunteers from the local community.

Burnham-on-Crouch Lifeboat Station dates back to 1966, when the station was first opened. Operating a small 'D Class' lifeboat, the station only operated during the sailing season, becoming an 'all year station' operating 365 days per year in 1987.

From 1989, the 16-foot 'D class' lifeboat was tasked to assist those in trouble on the approaches to the river (beyond the Shore Ends). Later in 1996, an Atlantic 75 lifeboat joined the station in response to an increase in late night incidents.

Having outgrown the station at the eastern end of the town and needing space for the new lifeboat, the present station was built at the western end of the town in the new marina. At the same time, the first of two floating boathouses were contructed in Burnham yacht Harbour, with the second floating boathouse being built in 2002.

Since the completion of the two boathouses, the lifeboat station is one of only three lifeboat stations that has their inshore lifeboats kept in floating boathouses, making it a unique place to visit and witness the selfess work carried out by its volunteers.