Little and Broad Haven Lifeboat Station is a

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(RNLI)

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station in

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...

, West

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. The station was opened in 1882 at

Little Haven Little Haven ( cy, Hafan Fach) is a village at the south-east corner of St Bride's Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with Broad Haven to the north, Little Haven forms The Havens community for ...

where it operated until 1921. It reopened in 1967 under its present name, and serves the area in

St Bride's Bay St Brides Bay ( cy, Bae Sain Ffraid) is a bay in western Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Either Skomer Island or the mainland extremity of Wooltack Point at the western end of the Marloes Peninsula marks the southern limit of the bay whilst its nor ...

surrounding Little Haven and

Broad Haven Broad Haven ( cy, Aberllydan) is a village and seaside resort in the south east corner of St Bride's Bay at the western terminus of the B4341 road in south Pembrokeshire, Wales. Broad Haven and Little Haven together form the Havens community a ...

resorts. When it was built it was the RNLI's smallest lifeboat station. The station operates a inshore lifeboat, launched by tractor and trailer.

History

When the RNLI first established the station in 1882 the lifeboat was kept afloat under the shelter of Goldtrop Head. In 1903 a boathouse and slipway were built. By 1921 there was reduced need for the service and the station closed with cover available from

St Davids St Davids or St David's ( cy, Tyddewi, , "David's house”) is a city and a community (named St Davids and the Cathedral Close) with a cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. It is the resting place of Saint David, W ...

and

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. By 1967, with the increase of pleasure boating and the development of the local holiday beaches, the RNLI reopened the station in a boathouse built by the Rural District Council. A dedicated boathouse was built in 1982. The station has had its own fundraising branch since 1975 which, with the station's souvenir shop, has raised over £350,000.

Honours

*1995 - RNLI Bronze Medal to Helmsman Crispin Williamson and Thanks on Vellum to Brian Dilly and David Love for their rescue of a family of six *2004 - Thanks on Vellum to Helmsman Crispin Williamson for the rescue of three children

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* {{Lifeboat Stations in Wales Lifeboat stations in Wales Transport infrastructure completed in 1882

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