River Wyre
The River Wyre, in Lancashire, England, flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is 28 miles long and has a sheltered estuary which penetrates deep into the Fylde peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fleetwood Museum and Pharos Lighthouse.
Fleetwood Museum
Museum
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Fleetwood Museum is a local history and maritime museum in the English seaside town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. The museum was originally the town's Customs House and, completed in 1836, was one of the first buildings constructed in Fleetwood.
Pharos Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The Pharos Lighthouse is a 93-foot tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. It was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M.
The Fielden Free Library
Library
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What became the Fielden Free Library started life as the Whitworth Institute, built in the Venetian Gothic style in 1863. It was bought by Samuel Fielden in 1887 and offered to the town as a public library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and Cleveleys.
Thornton
Town
Thornton is a village in the Borough of Wyre, about 4 miles north of Blackpool and 2 miles south of Fleetwood. The civil parish of Thornton became an urban district in 1900, and was renamed Thornton-Cleveleys in 1927. Thornton is situated 3½ miles south of River Wyre.
Cleveleys
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Cleveleys or Thornton-Cleveleys is a part of the Wyre local council area in Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles north of Blackpool, with which it has grown to merge along with the other Fylde Coast towns of Bispham, Lytham St Annes and Fleetwood.
Anchorsholme
Suburb
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Anchorsholme is a suburban area of Blackpool and the name of a ward in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. It lies close to the town of Cleveleys. Anchorsholme is situated 4 miles south of River Wyre.
River Wyre
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Fleetwood, Wyre District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Wyre” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wyre”
- Cebuano: “River Wyre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وير”
- French: “Wyre”
- German: “River Wyre”
- Italian: “Wyre”
- Russian: “Уайр (река)”
- Russian: “Уайр”
- Slovenian: “reka Wyre”
- Slovenian: “River Wyre”
- Slovenian: “Wyre”
- Swedish: “River Wyre”
- Welsh: “Afon Wyre”
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Highlights include Victoria St for Market and Pharos Street.
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