Criccieth Lifeboat Station

Criccieth Lifeboat Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bad Achub Criccieth) can be found on Lôn Felin, in Criccieth, a town and seaside resort sitting on the northern shore of Cardigan Bay, just to the east of the Llŷn Peninsula, approximately 17 mi (27 km) due south of Caernarfon, in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales.

The lifeboat station was established as Portmadoc Lifeboat Station in 1853 by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society (SFMRBS), although its exact location, either in Porthmadog or Criccieth, is not known. In 1854, management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), with the lifeboat operating from Criccieth.

The station currently operates a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Frank Townley (B-938), on station since 2023, and a much smaller Arancia-class lifeboat, Margaret and Nantw (A-76), on station since 2011.