Langdale and Ambleside MRT Defender

History

Langdale and Ambleside MRT, based at Ambleside, covers the central Lake District fells from the Langdale Pikes to Fairfield. Its Defender 110 station wagon PX09 DNF, photographed by ukemergency.co.uk, is silver-grey with a fluorescent yellow front panel and windscreen frame, yellow strips lettered LANGDALE AMBLESIDE above the screen and MOUNTAIN RESCUE along its base, mirrored AMBULANCE lettering and the team roundel on the bonnet, twin spot lamps beneath the headlamps, a winch bumper, a black roof rack carrying an AMBULANCE light bar and, on the left wing ahead of the screen, a remote-controlled searchlight that the crew can train on a hillside from inside the cab during night searches; red and white chequer runs along the rear body.

The registry's model reproduces the wagon with the yellow front and screen frame, lettered strips, bonnet roundel and searchlight, spot lamps, winch, rack and light bar, chequer and white steel wheels; in the game it carries the blue-light boost and winch pickups.

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Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)

Manufactured

PX09 registration

Modifier / coachbuilder

Langdale and Ambleside MRT (rescue ambulance fit and searchlight)

Engine type

Ford 2.4 L Puma TDCi turbo-diesel (Defender of 2009; not stated in the source)

Production run

1

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

United Kingdom

Status

in-service

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Defender

Wheels

4

Nominal wheelbase

110″

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Sources & citations

Researched sources

• Others > Mountain Rescue ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/ https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/ ↗