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More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.

North Berwick-Scotland Division Perched on the promentary at the very end of the Firth of Forth (seen stretching away in to the distance) North Berwick can be a rough place in a strong north-easterly.

The boathouse was built in the 1860s, sold by the RNLI in 1929 and then bought back to house the station's D class inflatable. Since the photo was taken new crew facilities have been built opposite the doors to the station.

The west-facing harbour entrance is seen here at almost low water.

Weston-super-Mare -- West Division The quarter-mile-long pieratWeston-supef-Mare, on the north Somerset coast, is seen here looking inland from the Bristol Channel and provides the base for both the station's Atlantic and its D class inflatable.

The boathouse is tucked into the corner where the pier meets Birnbeck Island and boasts one of the longest slipways in the country - needed to cope with the huge 43ft rise and fall of the tide. These photos were taken near low water - at spring high tide the water is only feet from the boathouse doors! Alderney - South Division Alderney's Trent class lifeboat lies on a mooring in Braye harbour on the north coast of the island - the main photo is looking to the north-east- The harbour is protected by the long breakwater arm, seen at the top right of the picture, built by the Admiralty over more than a decade, starting in 1847.

The small harbour on the left is the old 'Crabby Harbour' which dries out at low water - the tidal range here is not far short of 20ft at spring tides.

The inset shows the lifeboat station at the far right of the group of low buildings which are near the root of the short commercial pier.

Cleethorpes -- North Division Cleethorpes' D class Blue Peter VI s based almost in the centre of town, just across the seafront promenade from the long, gently shelving beach. The main photo is looking almost north-west up the River Humber, with Number's Severn about four miles away to the right.

At low water the lifeboat has to travel over a mile out to find deep enough water to launch, and at some states of the tide it is hauled to the far side of the pier. The nearest end of the boathouse is the local coastguard station, and the furthest section is an extension added as a result of the 'Blue Peter' appeal.

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