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Lulworth gunnery range is usually active Monday to Friday inclusive, from 0930 - 1700; and night firing until midnight usually takes place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. A limited amount of weekend activity is also scheduled throughout the year.

For information concerning firing today or in the near future, including start and finish times and the danger area(s) affected, near St Alban's Head, please contact the NCI duty watch. Please telephone:01929 439220 or use VHF Ch 65 (Callsign: "St Albans Head NCI").

In addition, the danger areas are patrolled by dedicated range safety boats, (Callsign: "Range Safety", often with vessel's name e.g. "Smit Frome", "Smit Cerne", or "Smit Wey"), who monitor VHF Ch 08 whilst the range is active

Channel Lightship 50.4N 0.0 E (50 degrees 24 minutes N, 0 degrees 0 minutes E) (automatic weather information)

Channel Lightship 49.9N 2.9 W (49 degrees 54 minutes N, 2 degrees 54 minutes E) (automatic weather information)

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Currently almost 60 National Coastwatch stations are operational and manned by over 2600 volunteer watchkeepers around the British Isles from Fleetwood in the North West, through Wales, to the South and East of England to Filey in North Yorkshire.

National Coastwatch watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to deal with emergencies offering a variety of skills and experience, and full training by the National Coastwatch ensures that high standards are met.

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