Llanddwyn Lifeboat Station
Llanddwyn Lifeboat Station stood on Ynys Llanddwyn, a small tidal island off Newborough on the south-west coast of Anglesey, at the entrance to the Menai Strait. Its boathouse and the row of pilots’ cottages beside it still stand on the island today.
History
The cottages were built for the pilots who guided ships into the Menai Strait, and in 1826 the Caernarfon Harbour Trust placed a lifeboat here so that they could crew it. In practice there were often too few pilots, and the boat was withdrawn in 1836. The Anglesey Association for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck set up a station here in 1840, which passed to the RNLI in 1855. It closed in 1907.
Visiting
Ynys Llanddwyn is reached on foot across the sands from Newborough beach, through Newborough Forest, except at the highest tides. As well as the pilots’ cottages, the island has two lighthouses, the ruined church of St Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and fine views of Snowdonia.
About island lifeboat stations
All lifeboat stations →On islands, the lifeboat is often the only help that can reach someone in trouble at sea, and island lifeboat crews cover some of the most exposed waters around Britain and Ireland. Here you will find the lifeboat stations on the islands we cover, with their history and the boats they launch.
