Fleetwood
Fleetwood is a seaside resort and fishing town, in Lancashire, in the North West of England.
Fleetwood is surrounded on 3 sides by water--the Irish Sea to the North and West and the River Wyre to the East.
Get in
Fleetwood is about 8 miles from Blackpool.
By car
Fleetwood is reached via A585 from Junction 3 of the M55.
By bus
Local bus services run from Blackpool and other local towns.
By tram
The Blackpool tramway runs between Fleetwood and Blackpool.
By train
The nearest stations are Poulton-le-Fylde and Blackpool North. (Fleetwood itself no longer has a link to the national rail network.)
By plane
Fleetwood is reachable by bus from Blackpool Airport (change of bus needed).
Get around
See
- The Mount is the highest point in Fleetwood
- Fleetwood Pier
Do
Buy
- Freeport Fleetwood (just off the A585 Amounderness Way). A retail outlet village including over 45 outlets, catering and activities.
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Cala Gran Holiday Park (Cala Gran Caravan Park), Fleetwood Road, FY7 8JY (8 miles from Blackpool), ☏ +44 871 2310882. One of the holiday parks of the Haven Holidays chain.
Connect
Phone
Fleetwood is in the 01253 dialing code. From outside the UK this becomes +44 1253.
Go next
The Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway offers escape to the south including Cleveleys and Blackpool.
A passenger ferry operates between Fleetwood and Knott End across the mouth of the River Wyre.