4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2009–10
NAMED MODELSpecial · RescueUnited Kingdom

Langdale and Ambleside MRT Defender

Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team's Defender 110 station wagon PX09 DNF, a silver-grey rescue ambulance with a fluorescent yellow front and screen frame, red and white chequer, winch bumper and roof rack light bar, fitted with a remote-controlled bonnet-mounted searchlight for night casualty searches in the central Lake District.

Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEDefender 110BUILT BYLand Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)IN SERVICE2009–10OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTION1LAYOUT4 wheels · 110″

The record

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, yellow snorkel, spot lamps, winch, rack and light bar, chequer and white steel wheels; in the game it carries the blue-light boost and winch pickups.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERLangdale and Ambleside MRT (rescue ambulance fit and searchlight)
MANUFACTUREDPX09 registration
ENGINEFord 2.4 L Puma TDCi turbo-diesel (Defender of 2009; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUN1
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSin-service
REGISTRATIONPX09 DNF
SEARCHLIGHTRemote-controlled searchlight on the left wing
FITTINGSWinch bumper, twin spot lamps, roof rack with light bar
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Rescue

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.

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Where it was

GB United Kingdom2009–2026 · Langdale and Ambleside MRT
  1. BasedLangdale Ambleside MRT base, AmblesideUnited Kingdom · 2009–202654.43, -2.96

Sources

  1. 1Others > Mountain Rescue ↗UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2PX09 DNF in Ambleside — the reference for this model; linked only. ↗ukemergency.co.ukIMAGE
  3. 3https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/others/others-mountain-rescue/ ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T05:55:32.038Z · status: researched