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Filey Coastwatch Plans Progressing

Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:11

By Matthew Pells

The National Coastwatch Institution says it will be recruiting and training volunteer watchers in the coming weeks.

Plans to open a coastwatch station in Filey this year are advancing with the National Coastwatch Institution saying it hopes to have a site in the town open by the summer.

Mike Johnson from NCI says they will be looking for volunteer watchers in the coming weeks and months.

Currently there are 57 Coast watch stations around the UK operated by over 2600 volunteers

They keep watch around the British Isles for maritime emergencies and provide reports to the coastguard.

Currently the northernmost station on the east coast is at Hornsea.

Mike says he doesn't expect to have any problems recruiting volunteers for the planned Filey station and says the response from local people has been excellent.

The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is a 100% voluntary organisation set up in 1994to restore a visual watch along UK shores following the closure of a number of small Coastguard stations.

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