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Saturday 22 Nov 2025
Wells Christmas Tide
The Quay
Christmas fun and festivities... lights switch on on Staithe Street and arrival of Santa Claus by sea from the North Pole followed by fireworks, from 4.45pm to around 6pm. The inshore lifeboat will accompany Santa's boat up the quay (subject to any operational requirements). There are events and activities around the town all weekend... see the Christmas Tide website for details
Saturday 29 Nov 2025
Christmas Bazaar
Congregational Church Hall, 10am - 1pm
Our Christmas Bazaar will take place in the Congregational Church Hall, Clubbs Lane on Saturday 29 November, 10am to 1pm. RNLI Christmas Cards and calendars will be for sale and there will also be a homemade cake stall, raffle, Christmas crafts and light refreshments.
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November 2025
Shop Opening Times
Our shop and viewing gallery are normally open weekends from Friday to Monday 10-4 along with extra days in the holidays and whenever we can. In good weather, the main boathouse doors may also be open to view the all-weather lifeboat from the front. See our visits page for more information.
Cut off on Stiffkey marshes
The inshore lifeboat goes to rescue people cut off by a large spring tide on Stiffkey marshes, 30 March 2025
RNLI 200
The RNLI celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2024, a milestone marked nationally and by lifeboat crews and stations
around the UK.
Lifeboat Horse marking 200 years in the quay
Shannon lifeboat
and boathouse build
Wells RNLI is now operating from the new building. See the boathouse build pages for the story of how the new station was built.
Our new Shannon lifeboat was funded in part with a station appeal for £250,000 in 2014-15 and also by the Civil Service charity The Lifeboat Fund with its 150th Anniversary Appeal. We are hugely grateful to everyone who has donated, fund-raised, helped and supported us both locally and across the UK and further afield.
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