Kimmeridge Lifeboat Station

Kimmeridge Lifeboat Station
Kimmeridge Bay
Kimmeridge, Dorset
General information
StatusClosed
TypeRNLI Lifeboat Station
Town or cityKimmeridge, Dorset
CountryEngland
Coordinates50°36′40.2″N 2°08′29.5″W / 50.611167°N 2.141528°W / 50.611167; -2.141528
OpenedDecember 1868
Closed1896

Kimmeridge Lifeboat Station was located near the village of Kimmeridge, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck, overlooking the western end of Kimmeridge Bay and the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.

A lifeboat was first placed at Kimmeridge in December 1868, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

After just over 27 years of operation, Kimmeridge lifeboat station was closed in 1896.

(NB: Kimmeridge is recorded as Kimeridge in virtually all RNLI documentation)