Wyre | |
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![]() Wyre shown within Lancashire and England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
Founded | 1974 |
Admin. HQ | Poulton-le-Fylde |
Government | |
• Type | Wyre Borough Council |
• MPs: | Lorraine Beavers, Cat Smith |
Area | |
• Total | 109 sq mi (282 km2) |
• Rank | 125th |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 114,809 |
• Rank | 210th |
• Density | 1,100/sq mi (410/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ONS code | 30UQ (ONS) E07000128 (GSS) |
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. Some of the borough's built-up areas form part of the wider Blackpool urban area. Eastern parts of the borough lie within the Forest of Bowland, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The borough is named after the River Wyre, which runs through the area and meets the sea at Fleetwood. There are no road or rail connections between the parts of the borough either side of the Wyre estuary, and it is necessary to cross the neighbouring Fylde district in order to travel between the two parts of Wyre, or else use the Wyre Estuary Ferry between Fleetwood and Knott End.
The neighbouring districts are Blackpool, Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley and Lancaster.
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