In which English county is the town of Wells-next-the-Sea?
Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station is an RNLI operated lifeboat station located in the town of Wells-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. The station operates both inshore and offshore lifeboats. The inshore boat is called and is a lifeboat, whilst the offshore boat is called , and is a Mersey class lifeboat. The station boathouse is located at the beach on the western side of Wells Harbour mouth. The earliest attempts at rescue at sea in the Wells area were performed by the Beachmen or Longshoremen who formed their own Beachmen’s company at Wells, and used a fast
Wells-next-the-Sea spring). This derives from spring wells of which Wells used to have many, rising through the chalk of the area. The town started to be known as Wells-next-the-Sea in the early 19th century to distinguish it from other places of the same name. When the Wells and Fakenham Railway was opened on 1 December 1857, the terminus was given the name of "Wells-on-Sea". In 1956 the Wells Urban District Council voted to (re-)adopt the name Wells-next-the-Sea, and this has been the official name since then. The North Sea is now a mile from the town, as a result of the