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		About Us Cullercoats Lifeboat Station is situated in Cullercoats Bay, which is just a mile and a half north from the mouth of the River Tyne.
Cullercoats Bay itself is a semicircular beach with cliffs and caves at the centre and ramped access at the north and south sides which are totally isolated from each other at high tide. The lifeboat station- is located just south of Whitley Bay and North of Tynemouth. Longsands beach is in the centre, a popular surfing location. The village of Cullercoats itself was once a shipping port for salt and coal, both produced locally. The salt industry went into decline and coal shipments were located to better harbours with the advent of the railways in the mid-nineteenth century. However, fishing took over, later in the nineteenth century and two piers were built at the entrance to the harbour to provide shelter for over 150 cobles. The Coble is an open top fishing boat, that were built in the North East (for more information see our coble page). But Cullercoats fishing industry also declined over the year's and now there are only a couple of boats fishing from Cullercoats Harbour.
	Our first facilities were built in 1896 with relatively minor alterations in the last ten years or so. The result was, a building that was rich in historical features but far from conducive to running a modern lifeboat service. In 2003 new facilties were opened bringing the building into the 21st century and providing us with state-of-the-art facilities pefect for all our needs.