Fleetwood

Fleetwood is a seaside resort and fishing town, in Lancashire, in the North West of England.

Fleetwood is surrounded on 3 sides by water--the Irish Sea to the north and west and the River Wyre to the east.

Get in

Fleetwood is about 8 miles (13 km) from Blackpool.

Fleetwood is reached via A585 from Junction 3 of the M55.

Local bus services run from Blackpool and other local towns.

The Blackpool tramway runs between Fleetwood and Blackpool.

The nearest stations are Poulton-le-Fylde and Blackpool North. (Fleetwood no longer has a link to the national rail network.)

Fleetwood is reachable by bus from 🌍 Blackpool Airport (BLK^IATA) (change of bus needed).

🌍 Manchester Airport (MAN^IATA) is also easily accessible and offers a greater selection of destinations.

🌍 The Mount, The Mount Pavilion, The Esplanade, FY7 6EZ, ☏ +44 1253 681501. The highest point in Fleetwood.
🌍 Fleetwood Museum.

🌍 Beach Lighthouse.
🌍 Wyre Light. Was a 12-m (40-feet) screwpile lighthouse 3.3 miles (3.7 km) from the shore. It has partially collapsed.
🌍 Pharos Lighthouse.

🌍 Fleetwood Market, 36 Adelaide St, FY7 6AB, ☏ +44 1253 887651. (updated Nov 2017)
🌍 Freeport Fleetwood (just off the A585 Amounderness Way), ☏ +44 1253 877377. A retail outlet village including over 45 outlets, catering and activities.

🌍 The Thomas Drummond (Wetherspoons), London St, FY7 6JE, ☏ +44 1253 775020. Wetherspoons pub with cheap drinks and eats. (updated Oct 2016)

🌍 Cala Gran Holiday Park (Cala Gran Caravan Park), Fleetwood Rd, FY7 8JY (8 miles from Blackpool), ☏ +44 871 2310882. One of the holiday parks of the Haven Holidays chain.
🌍 North Euston Hotel, The Esplanade, FY7 6BN, ☏ +44 1253 876525. (updated Oct 2016)

As of April 2022, Fleetwood has 5G from Three, and 4G from the other UK carriers.

The Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway offers escape to the south including Cleveleys and Blackpool.

A passenger ferry operates between Fleetwood and Knott End across the mouth of the River Wyre.

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