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Coastguard Rescue Service areas and stations

A list of the Coastguard Rescue Service areas across the UK and the volunteer stations in each of them.

Updates to this page

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published:
31 October 2023
Last updated:
2 July 2026
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  1. Updated list of active coastguard rescue teams.

  2. Updated Area 14 to include New Quay and Tywyn coastguard rescue teams.

  3. Updated list of active coastguard rescue teams.

  4. Renaming area 10 from south west England to south Devon.

  5. Updates to some of the station names in Area 10.

  6. Area 12 station list updated.

  7. Moved stations Flint, Rhyl and Llandudno to Area 14: north Wales to New Quay, mid-Wales. Removed out of date PDF map.

  8. Nairn station moved from Area 3 to Area 2. Stations also put into alphabetical order to help users navigate content.

  9. First published.

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Coastguard Rescue Service areas and stations in the UK

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Use this information to find out what area a HM Coastguard station is in, if you want to volunteer for the service. You will need to know this when filling in your coastguard rescue officer application.

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