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Home - Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
SAVING LIVES ALONG THE COAST
Coastal search and rescue services since 1864
HOW YOUR SUPPORT HELPS
Your support allows us to provide a life saving coastal
rescue service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
KEEPING HERITAGE ALIVE
A unique collection of artefacts that recreate the dramatic
history of the TVLB and our coastal rescues from our formation in 1864
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Visit our free to enter, Watchouse museum which stands proudly
overlooking the mouth of the Tyne.
WELCOME TO TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER LIFEBRIGADE
On Call 24/7 : 365 Days of the year : Whatever the weather.
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary shore based coastal search and rescue service founded in 1864. We are a Declared Facility to HM Coastguard for Rope Rescue, Water Rescue, Coastal Search and Rescue and also have advanced first aid capabilities.
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SUPPORT US
There are many ways you can support us, from fundraising and event participation to regular giving through our supporters' Honorary Membership.
The next big fundraiser for TVLB is the 2025 Great North Run - support our runners via JustGiving
Find out more
THE WATCH HOUSE MUSEUM
The Museum displays artefacts, pictures and relics from old shipwrecks chronicling the history of lifesaving on our coastline since 1864. Click on the link below for more information and opening times.
FIND OUT More
TVLB BRITISH WOOL GANSEY
Now for sale via our knitwear partner Jo Storie designed in Northumberland and knitted in
in a small artisanal factory in
Cumbria, using yarn from British farmers in Yorkshire Mill and finally embroidered in Whitley Bay
FIND OUT MORE
Latest news
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Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
5 days ago
029/26 – Saturday 18th April 2026 – 14.47h – HM Coastguard tasked the Brigade to support
Cullercoats RNLI
as they extracted a member of the public who had been cut off by the tide after visting St. Mary’s Lighthouse. Team members stood by at the Lifeboat Station as the casualty was brought back to Cullercoats and then passed into the care of the Ambulance Service for further assessment.
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1 week ago
028/26 – Tuesday 14th April 2026 – 13.55h – HM Coastguard tasked the Brigade to the south side of Cullercoats Bay after receiving a report of two teenagers on the rocks attempting to get to the top of the cliff. Additionally, it was believed they were intoxicated.
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Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
2 weeks ago
Two calls so far this weekend for the team. The first lasted all of a minute as we were tasked to secure a landing site for a Coastguard Rescue Helicopter in Newcastle – but we were almost immediately stood down as the Helicopter re-routed to an alternative site.
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2 weeks ago
Summer like conditions lead to three calls in nine hours for TVLB
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2 weeks ago
Take care at the coast this afternoon!
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our history
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB) is the oldest and one of only 3 remaining active Volunteer Life Brigades in the UK. The TVLB was formed following the tragic loss of 32 souls from the stricken ships of the S.S.Stanley and the schooner Friendship on 24th November 1864 at the Black Middens rocks at Tynemouth.
READ MORE
SAVING LIVES ALONG THE COAST
Coastal search and rescue services since 1864
HOW YOUR SUPPORT HELPS
Your support allows us to provide a life saving coastal
rescue service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
KEEPING HERITAGE ALIVE
A unique collection of artefacts that recreate the dramatic
history of the TVLB and our coastal rescues from our formation in 1864
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Visit our free to enter, Watchouse museum which stands proudly
overlooking the mouth of the Tyne.
WELCOME TO TYNEMOUTH VOLUNTEER LIFEBRIGADE
On Call 24/7 : 365 Days of the year : Whatever the weather.
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary shore based coastal search and rescue service founded in 1864. We are a Declared Facility to HM Coastguard for Rope Rescue, Water Rescue, Coastal Search and Rescue and also have advanced first aid capabilities.
READ MORE
SUPPORT US
There are many ways you can support us, from fundraising and event participation to regular giving through our supporters' Honorary Membership.
The next big fundraiser for TVLB is the 2025 Great North Run - support our runners via JustGiving
Find out more
THE WATCH HOUSE MUSEUM
The Museum displays artefacts, pictures and relics from old shipwrecks chronicling the history of lifesaving on our coastline since 1864. Click on the link below for more information and opening times.
FIND OUT More
TVLB BRITISH WOOL GANSEY
Now for sale via our knitwear partner Jo Storie designed in Northumberland and knitted in
in a small artisanal factory in
Cumbria, using yarn from British farmers in Yorkshire Mill and finally embroidered in Whitley Bay
FIND OUT MORE
Latest news
5,579
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
5 days ago
029/26 – Saturday 18th April 2026 – 14.47h – HM Coastguard tasked the Brigade to support
Cullercoats RNLI
as they extracted a member of the public who had been cut off by the tide after visting St. Mary’s Lighthouse. Team members stood by at the Lifeboat Station as the casualty was brought back to Cullercoats and then passed into the care of the Ambulance Service for further assessment.
…
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Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
1 week ago
028/26 – Tuesday 14th April 2026 – 13.55h – HM Coastguard tasked the Brigade to the south side of Cullercoats Bay after receiving a report of two teenagers on the rocks attempting to get to the top of the cliff. Additionally, it was believed they were intoxicated.
…
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Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
2 weeks ago
Two calls so far this weekend for the team. The first lasted all of a minute as we were tasked to secure a landing site for a Coastguard Rescue Helicopter in Newcastle – but we were almost immediately stood down as the Helicopter re-routed to an alternative site.
…
See More
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Photo
View on Facebook
·
Share
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Linked In
Share by Email
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
2 weeks ago
Summer like conditions lead to three calls in nine hours for TVLB
…
See More
See Less
Photo
View on Facebook
·
Share
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Linked In
Share by Email
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
2 weeks ago
Take care at the coast this afternoon!
…
See More
See Less
Photo
View on Facebook
·
Share
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Linked In
Share by Email
our history
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB) is the oldest and one of only 3 remaining active Volunteer Life Brigades in the UK. The TVLB was formed following the tragic loss of 32 souls from the stricken ships of the S.S.Stanley and the schooner Friendship on 24th November 1864 at the Black Middens rocks at Tynemouth.
READ MORE