The Royal National Lifeboat Institution base on Birnbeck Island, Weston-super-Mare. An abandonded carriage that used to launch the station's inshore rescue boat can be seen at the top of the slipway. This used to be the longest slipway in the country but has been truncated at the lower end as it had become unsafe. The lifeboats are now launched from the concrete slip that is visible through the legs of the pier alongside an earlier lifeboat house. Because the lifeboats can't be taken through the back of the boathouse to reach the other slip, a 'temporary' boat house has been provided - this is the white structure between the main boathouse and the clock tower.