Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service is a volunteer-operated independent lifeboat charity based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It operates free lifeboat services from its station in Alverstoke
GAFIRS lifeboat station in Alverstoke
The Solent
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The Solent is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores. It is about 20 miles long and varies in wi
View of the Solent westward from Gurnard, near Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Solent from Wootton, Isle of Wight, showing Wightlink Fishbourne–Portsmouth ferries crossing.
Salt marsh near Lepe Country Park, with the Isle of Wight in the distance
Calshot Castle protected the mouth of Southampton Water