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The romantic lure of Island life is alive and well just off the coast of Essex. Mersea Island, nestled between the river Blackwater and Colne estuaries is approximately nine miles south-east of Colchester, and is without doubt one of the county's best kept secrets.

The island is approximately five miles by two miles, and has a perimeter of twelve miles encompassing the town of West Mersea and the village of East Mersea. The name is a derivation of the Anglo Saxon word ‘Meresig’, which dates from the early 10th Century and means 'island of the pool'.
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  West Mersea Lifeboat Station

 

The Lifeboat Station, West Mersea

Address: Coast Road, West Mersea,  Colchester, Essex
Telephone: 01206 382914

Web Site: http://www.rnli.org.uk/
Email: None

Classification: Community Service, RNLI Station

Information:

Mersea and the RNLI

We are incredibly lucky to have an RNLI station based at West Mersea. The station houses an Atlantic 75 lifeboat, that carries out rescues mainly to leisure craft and other users in the area.

The Mersea lifeboat is manned by local people on a voluntary basis, and almost all islanders will have some connection with the lifeboat through friends, family or acquaintances.

History

In July 1963, the lifeboat station was established next to the West Mersea Yacht Club, one of the first ten inshore lifeboat stations in the British Isles. Originally served by a D class lifeboat, this was replaced by a B class, Atlantic 21, lifeboat in 1972. In 1992, a new boathouse and slipway were opened by the Duke of Kent. In 2001, a B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat was stationed at West Mersea.

Fund Raising For the RNLI

Mersea Island has an active RNLI Guild, that organises fund raising events in aid of the RNLI.

For more details see the Mersea Island Lifeboat Guild pages.