Sefton Beach Patrol Defender 110

History

Sefton Council's Beach Patrol and Lifeguard Unit covers the Merseyside coast from Crosby and Waterloo north through Formby to Southport — a wide, flat beach with fast tides and soft sand that catches walkers and vehicles alike. The unit's rangers and lifeguards have long used yellow Land Rovers to reach casualties and to close the beach when the tide turns, and the Td5 Defender 110 station wagons of the late 1990s served for over a decade.

The Flickr photograph shows S380 ADB (a 1998–99 S-registration Td5) on Waterloo beach in June 2009: yellow 110 station wagon with a full-length roof rack carrying an orange rescue board, an amber light bar with a white RANGER panel at the front of the rack, a raised-air-intake snorkel on the right A-pillar, the blue Sefton crest on the front doors, red BEACH PATROL / AND LIFEGUARD UNIT lettering on the rear body sides, white steel wheels, and the standard black bumper with a white front plate. The registry model reproduces that vehicle.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon Td5)

Manufactured

S-registration (Aug 1998–Feb 1999); photographed June 2009

Modifier / coachbuilder

Sefton Council (beach patrol fit)

Engine type

Land Rover Td5 2.5 L turbo-diesel

Production run

1

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

United Kingdom

Status

retired

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

• Sefton Beach Patrol Land Rover, Waterloo beach (Flickr, the_old_brit) ↗ — Flickr (accessed 2026-09-12)

Catalogue references

• https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_brit/3637925115/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_old_brit/3637925115/ ↗