Boulmer Lifeboat Station

Boulmer Lifeboat Station is located in Boulmer, a village which sits mid-way between Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) due east of Alnwick, in the county of Northumberland. A lifeboat, provided by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), was stationed at Boulmer in 1825, operated by the Newcastle Shipwreck Association (NSA). Management of the station was transferred to the RNIPLS in 1853, which became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) the following year in 1854. After operating for 143 years, the RNLI station was closed in 1968, but an Independent service, Boulmer Volunteer Rescue Service, was established in 1969. The service still operates today.

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Boulmer

Boulmer is a village in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast east of Alnwick. It is home to RAF Boulmer. Boulmer has an independent volunteer lifeboat station.

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RAF Boulmer

Royal Air Force Boulmer or more simply RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland, England, and is home to the Air Command and Control Force, 19 Sqn - Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) Boulmer, 20 Sqn - Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) and 144 Signals Unit (SU). The School of Aerospace Battle Management and support staff was based there until 26 July 2019; it has since moved to RAF Shawbury. Until 30 September 2015, it was also home to A Flight, No. 202 Squadron RAF, who flew the Westland Sea King HAR.3 in the SAR (Search and Rescue) role.

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Longhoughton

Longhoughton is a small rural village in Northumberland, England. It lies near the coast, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Alnwick, in the similarly named parish of Longhoughton. The village lies under the spectacular whinstone outcrop, Ratcheugh Crag, near which local point-to-point racing is often conducted. The parish church does double duty since it is also the church of the nearby RAF Boulmer.

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Longhoughton railway station

Longhoughton railway station served the village of Longhoughton, Northumberland, England from 1847 to 1963 on the East Coast Main Line.

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