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The Wyre and The Fylde areas

Wyre is located in the heart of the North West of England and situated in the centre of it is Hurst Lea Lesiure Park. The area is named after the River Wyre, which meanders from countryside to coast, Wyre has the best of unspoilt rural charm and bustling seaside. it is possible to walk the Wyre Way, a 42-mile walk, which follows the river from source in the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the sea. It is the only river in England where you can see its estuary from its start.

Wyre has many architectural gems including the two Fleetwood lighthouses, unique in their design to enable vessels to sail into port safely once aligned, a collection of ancient country churches and the aqueduct at Garstang (designed by John Rennie) which carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Wyre fifty feet below. At Garstang you can see the remains of Greenhalgh Castle at Garstang, which was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1646.

The main towns of the area consist of Poulton-le-Fylde with Town Square that is home to original stocks and a whipping post. Fleetwood offers its lighthouses, Marine Gardens, the Mount, the famous Freeport Retail Park, its busy time-honoured market and one of the few remaining traditional road tramways which runs to Blackpool South Shore. Garstang boasts a wealth of local history and a real atmosphere of charm withs weekly street market and at Thornton Cleveleys there is the Marsh Mill which is a fully restored working windmill.

The Fylde Coast boasts the resorts of St Annes and Kirkham which house well maintained parks and gardens, five miles of sandy beaches and acres of picturesque countryside. The inshore lake of Fairhaven situated between Lytham and St Annes, the salt water lake is positioned directly on the coast next to Granny's Bay and Stanner Bank. It has pleasure boats for hire and boasts a visitor centre run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. There is a large selection of wild fowl naturally based at the lake including a group of more than 250 Canada Geese, several swans (including a solitary Black one) and many coots, water hens and other smaller fowl and more than 250,000 migratory wildfowl stopping off in Ribble Estuary each year.

Blackpool on the Fylde Coast is Britain's biggest tourist attraction centre outside London offering pleasure parks, the zoo, Sea Life, theatres, the illuminations and of course the many sandy beaches.