Borough of Wyre

This article is about the district in Lancashire. For the district in Worcestershire, see Wyre Forest District.

Wyre
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Wyre shown within Lancashire and England
Wyre shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West England
Ceremonial countyLancashire
Founded1974
Admin. HQPoulton-le-Fylde
Government
 • TypeWyre Borough Council
 • MPs:Lorraine Beavers, Cat Smith
Area
[1]
 • Total
109 sq mi (282 km2)
 • Rank125th
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total
114,809
 • Rank210th
 • Density1,100/sq mi (410/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[3]
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[3]
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code30UQ (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.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a non-metropolitan district covering the territory of five former districts, which were abolished at the same time:[4]

The new district was named Wyre after the River Wyre.[5] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[6]

Governance

Towns and parishes

Much of the borough is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Fleetwood, Garstang and Preesall have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council".[7] The former urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde and Thornton-Cleveleys form an unparished area.[8]

Civil parishes in the Borough of Wyre
  1. Barnacre-with-Bonds
  2. Bleasdale
  3. Cabus
  4. Catterall
  5. Claughton
  6. Fleetwood (town)
  7. Forton
  8. Garstang (town)
  9. Great Eccleston
  10. Hambleton
  11. Inskip-with-Sowerby
  12. Kirkland
  13. Myerscough and Bilsborrow
  14. Nateby
  15. Nether Wyresdale
  16. Out Rawcliffe
  17. Pilling
  18. Preesall (town)
  19. Stalmine-with-Staynall
  20. Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre
  21. Winmarleigh
Towns, villages and hills in the Borough of Wyre          Forest of Bowland AONB

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Wyre.

References

  1. ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Wyre Local Authority (E07000128)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 22 August 2022
  5. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 22 August 2022
  6. ^ "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Parish and Town Council clerks". Wyre Council. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Mother of Fleetwood: Doreen Lofthouse's death leaves a community in mourning". April 2021.
  10. ^ "The lozenge which took over the world".
  11. ^ "Calls for statue to honour Doreen Lofthouse".
  12. ^ "Soldiers are set to march through the streets of this Wyre town".
  13. ^ "Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: Freedom of Entry to the Borough" (PDF). Wyre Council website. 21 August 2018.


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