Fylde
The Fylde is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a 13-mile-long square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills to the east which approximates to a section of the M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 76,500 residents
- Description: peninsula in Lancashire, Lancashire
- Also known as: “Borough of Fylde”, “Fylde Borough”, “Fylde Coast”, and “The Fylde”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Anne’s Church and Mains Hall.
St Anne’s Church
Church
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Anne's Church is an active Anglican parish church located on Church Road in Singleton, Lancashire, England. It is in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the Diocese of Blackburn.
Mains Hall
Manor estate
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mains Hall is a historic building on Mains Lane in Singleton, Lancashire, England. It is Grade II listed, dating to the 16th century. A manor house, from the 11th century, is believed to have once stood on the site. Mains Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fylde.
St Michael’s Church, Weeton
Church
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St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Weeton, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was built in 1843 and enlarged in 1846. St Michael’s Church, Weeton is situated 2½ miles south of Fylde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poulton-le-Fylde and Kirkham.
Poulton-le-Fylde
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Poulton-le-Fylde is a town in Lancashire in England, dating back a thousand years as a small settlement but now grown into a dormitory town on the outskirts of Blackpool which is a few miles to the west.
Kirkham
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Kirkham is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. Kirkham has 20 heritage listed buildings. Many of the buildings in the town centre date from the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Fylde
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Fylde” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Фйлде”
- Cebuano: “Fylde”
- Chinese: “法尔德”
- Chinese: “法爾德”
- French: “The Fylde”
- German: “Fylde”
- Italian: “The Fylde”
- Japanese: “ファイルド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fylde peninsula”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fylde-halvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyldehalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Fylde-halvøya”
- Polish: “Fylde”
- Portuguese: “O Fylde”
- Swedish: “Fylde”
- Urdu: “دا فلڈی”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Cartford Inn and Poulton-le-Fylde railway station.
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