Editing Cromer (section)

===Lifeboat station===
{{Main|Cromer Lifeboat Station}}
The fishermen also crewed Cromer's two lifeboats. Most famous of the lifeboatmen was [[Henry Blogg]], who received the [[Awards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution#Medal of the RNLI|RNLI gold medal]] for heroism three times, and the silver medal four times. Cromer Lifeboat Station was founded in 1804, the first in Norfolk. Rowing lifeboats were [[Cromer Lifeboat Station|stationed]] there through the 19th century.

In the 1920s a [[Cromer Lifeboat Station|lifeboat station]] was built at the end of the pier, enabling a [[Cromer Lifeboat H F Bailey III|motor lifeboat]] to be launched beyond the breakers. A number of notable rescues carried out between 1917 and 1941 made the lifeboat and the town well known throughout the United Kingdom and further afield. The area covered by the station is large, as there is a long run of coastline with no harbour – Great Yarmouth is 40 miles (65&nbsp;km) by sea to the south east and the restricted harbour of [[Wells next the Sea]] 25 miles (40&nbsp;km) to the west. Today the offshore lifeboat on the pier performs about a dozen rescues a year, with about the same number for the inshore lifeboat stationed on the beach.

The [[Duke of Kent]] officially named the town's new lifeboat, [[Cromer Lifeboat Lester ON 1287|''Lester'']], in a ceremony on 8 September 2008.<ref>[http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/content/northnorfolknews/news/story.aspx?brand=NNNOnline&category=news&tBrand=NNNonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED08%20Sep%202008%2017%3A10%3A19%3A330 North Norfolk News report]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 9 September 2008.</ref>