Fleetwood

Fleetwood
Lord Street in 1997 during the Fleetwood Transport Festival
Fleetwood Location in Wyre Borough Show map of the Borough of Wyre Fleetwood Location on the Fylde Show map of the Fylde Fleetwood Location on Morecambe Bay Show map of Morecambe Bay Fleetwood Location of town centre in Fleetwood Show map of Fleetwood Fleetwood Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	25,939 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD333479
Civil parish	Fleetwood
District	Wyre
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FLEETWOOD
Postcode district	FY7
Dialling code	01253
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Website	www.fleetwoodtowncouncil.org.uk
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°55′19″N 3°00′43″W / 53.922°N 3.012°W / 53.922; -3.012

Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the 2011 census.

Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830s, when the principal landowner Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, High Sheriff and MP, conceived an ambitious plan to re-develop the town to make it a busy seaport and railway spur. He commissioned the Victorian architect Decimus Burton to design a number of substantial civic buildings, including two lighthouses. Hesketh-Fleetwood's transport terminus schemes failed to materialise. The town expanded greatly in the first half of the 20th century with the growth of the fishing industry, and passenger ferries to the Isle of Man, to become a deep-sea fishing port.

Decline of the fishing industry began in the 1960s, hastened by the Cod Wars with Iceland, though fish processing is still a major economic activity in Fleetwood. The town's most significant employer today is Lofthouse of Fleetwood, manufacturer of the lozenge Fisherman's Friend which is exported around the world.^[1]