Wirral Coastal News & Hilbre Island Guides

Local news from the Wirral coast, plus guides to visiting Hilbre Island, coastal walks and wildlife.

Aerial view of Hilbre Island cliffs and buildings beside the Dee estuary
Hilbre Island, Dee estuary. General landscape photograph, not an incident image.

Rescue records

Published reports and historical data are different records. Neither is a complete live log of every call-out.

Historical RNLI records

Official Return of Service records for the Wirral coast and Dee estuary. The dataset is delayed; coverage dates are shown on the history page.

Latest launch reported by the feed: West Kirby, 20 hours ago (). This is a best-effort launch feed, not a live incident report or a complete list of launches.

In an emergency

Call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

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