The station was opened in 1968 as a base for a D-class Inshore Lifeboat (ILB).

It was one of four lifeboats paid for from Blue Peter's viewers donating paperback books.

A house a short distance higher up the road was converted for crew facilities and fund raising in 2004.

[1][2] The Duke of Kent visited the station in 1978 and again in 2005 in his role as president of the RNLI.

[3] The following are awards made at St Agnes Lifeboat Station:[11]