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Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde.It had a population of 25,939 at the 2011 census.. Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830s, when the principal landowner Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, High Sheriff and MP, conceived an ambitious plan to re-develop the town to make it a busy seaport and railway spur.
The Wyre Light was a 40-foot (12 m) tall iron screw-pile lighthouse marking the navigation channel to the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. [3] History.
Fleetwood is a fishing and market town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde coast. All of the 44 listed buildings are recorded in the National Heritage List for England at Grade II. Fleetwood is a planned town of the Victorian era.
Wyre is a local government district with borough status on the coast of Lancashire, England.The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde and the borough also contains the towns of Cleveleys, Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
The Wyre Estuary Ferry (colloquially known as the Fleetwood-to-Knott End Ferry) is a pedestrian ferry-crossing owned and operated by Wyre Marine Services in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. [1] The 0.21-mile (0.34 km) crossing of the River Wyre , which is funded by Lancashire County Council and Wyre Borough Council , [ 2 ] takes around five ...
The Wyre Estuary Ferry runs between Fleetwood and Knott End, but the ferry to the Isle of Man no longer runs. Major industry existed at the former ICI Hillhouse site at Burn Naze, close to the estuary of the river. It was originally an alkali works taking brine from mines and wells across the river in and around Preesall.
The Lower Light stands on Fleetwood sea front and was built with its counterpart—the Upper Light, or Pharos Lighthouse—to provide a navigational guide to shipping entering the Wyre estuary. Together the lights provide a leading line when the Pharos Light is directly above that of the Lower Light. Together they provide a range of about 12 ...
The Preston and Wyre Railway (P&WR) was built to connect Preston, on the London and North Western Railway West Coast Main Line, with the port of Fleetwood, at the mouth of the River Wyre. It opened in 1840. An associated company built the dock leading to the company, changing its name to the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Company.