National Coastwatch Institution
The National Coastwatch Institution is a voluntary organisation and registered charity, providing a visual watch along the UK's coasts, and is not to be confused with HM Coastguard.
Newhaven NCI lookout and the area it keeps watch on
East Runton Coastwatch lookout post
Bass Point Coastwatch station
St Ives Coastwatch station
His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the United Kingdom. Since 2015 it has also been responsible for land-based search and rescue helicopter operations.
HM Coastguard volunteer on Skye, Scotland
A Search and Rescue vehicle as seen in Brancaster Staithe
HM Coastguard 4x4 + trailer and rope rescue dump sheet and hardware.
Members of the Southbourne Coastguard Rescue Team deploying a rope technician during a training exercise at Hengistbury Head near Christchurch in Dorset
