Solent Rescue
We at Solent Rescue Lifeboat are an independent organisation (i.e. not part of RNLI) with a crew of the highest calibre with excellent levels of camaraderie & motivation. Based at Lepe Country Park , Exbury, Hampshire, we were established in 1971 initially as a beach rescue unit operated by auxiliary coastguards.
Solent Rescue has since then developed into a fully operational lifeboat station, which operates under the direct control of HM Coastguard and is responsible for approximately 33 square miles of the central and western Solent .
The Solent is the busiest recreational waterway in the world and as such, demands dedicated well trained lifeboat crews to assist the many people that find themselves in difficulties within its 160sq miles. With hilltop views from Lepe Country Park , Solent Rescue covers 20% of the area, from the Lepe foreshore to Hurst castle and is the only independent lifeboat in the Western Solent .

