Fishguard Lifeboat Station

Fishguard Lifeboat Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bad Achub Abergwaun-A-Wdig) is located on the quay, at the northern breakwater of Fishguard Harbour, in the community of Fishguard and Goodwick, overlooking the southern end of Cardigan Bay, in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. A private lifeboat was first placed at Fishguard in 1822. A station was re-established by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in 1855.

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Fishguard Harbour railway station

Fishguard Harbour railway station serves the port of Fishguard Harbour, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is the terminus of one of the branches of the West Wales Line from Swansea. The area is also served by Fishguard and Goodwick, on the same line.

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Goodwick

Goodwick is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, immediately west of its twin town of Fishguard. Fishguard and Goodwick form a community that wraps around Fishguard Bay. As well as the two towns, it consists of Dyffryn, Stop-and-Call, Harbour Village, Lower Town, and Penyraber. A Goodwick electoral ward exists covering the town with a total population of 1,988 at the 2011 census.

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Fishguard & Goodwick Marina

The Fishguard & Goodwick Marina is a planned development within the harbour of the Welsh towns of Fishguard and Goodwick in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. In April 2012 Pembrokeshire County Council revealed that they had given outline planning permission for the development of a marina to be located in the small town of Goodwick within Fishguard Harbour. The initial planning application was submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council in October 2011 by Conygar who wish to invest £100 million into the project.

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Fishguard and Goodwick railway station

Fishguard and Goodwick railway station is a railway station sited 1 mile from Fishguard in the neighbouring town of Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is owned by Pembrokeshire County Council and just over 1⁄2 mile from the larger Fishguard Harbour station. Following its closure in 1964, it reopened on 14 May 2012 following investment from Network Rail and Pembrokeshire County Council.

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Fishguard and Goodwick

Fishguard and Goodwick is a community that wraps around Fishguard Bay, on the northern coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It comprises the two towns of Fishguard and Goodwick, with their neighbourhoods of Dyffryn, Harbour Village, Penyraber, Lower Town, and Stop-and-Call. Within the community are two railway stations and Goodwick Ferry Terminal, which is the terminus of the A40 London to Fishguard Trunk Road.

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The station currently operates a Trent-class All-weather lifeboat, 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198), on station since 1994, and an D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), on station since 2015. It is one of the seven stations that has had a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.