Author: Fylde Council

This week Paul Walker, Director of Development Services at Fylde Council retires after 45 years in local government and 18 years at Fylde Council. Paul said about his time at Fylde: “I feel proud having worked at Fylde Council and have particularly enjoyed working with many staff, members and partners who have been professional, enthusiastic, supportive…

Read more Director of Development Services retired from Fylde Council after 45 years in local government

Fairhaven Lake will be hosting a celebration of light and sound on Saturday 30^th October at 2pm till 7pm highlighting the areas amazing natural heritage. Working with community artists Handmade Parade, we will be lighting up the newly restored Japanese garden with a flock of beautifully crafted bird lanterns. The unique sound and music will…

Read more The Fairhaven Story Stall

News from Lytham Christmas: BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT STAR & LOCAL TALENT TO ENTERTAIN THE CROWDS One of the nation’s most beloved stars and a host of local performers will fill Lytham with music and laughter as they offically switch on this year’s Christmas Lights. This year’s spectacular Lytham lights Switch-On…

Read more Line Up Announced for Lytham’s Christmas Lights Switch-On

Lytham’s historic Clifton Square is receiving a pre-Christmas spruce-up thanks to funding secured to encourage shoppers to return to the high street. Fylde Borough Council successfully bid for £243,500 from the Government’s Welcome Back Fund which is providing councils across England a share of £56 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support the…

Read more Historic Lytham Square gets makeover as shoppers return to the high street

In a record-breaking year for the National Green Flag Award Silver Jubilee, Fylde’s parks join 2127 other green spaces in celebrating their success today. Several of Fylde’s parks and open spaces are raising a Green Flag Award. The award is the national quality mark for parks and green spaces. Throughout the 2020 – 2021 pandemic,  Fylde’s parks…

Read more Fylde parks fly the flag as some of the country’s best parks

Fylde Council will be focusing on mental wellbeing during the fourth week of its Let’s Feel Good Fylde initiative. Health and Wellbeing Officer at Fylde Council, Edyta Paxton, has pulled together an online directory of services that can provide support and assistance to anyone who is experiencing poor mental health as well as information on friendship…

Read more Welcome to wellbeing with Let’s Feel Good Fylde

The Council has launched a public consultation to gain feedback as part of the process to begin sand extraction at St Annes beach again. Sand extraction from the beach has been in operation since the 1970s. The operational access is via a track to the beach off Clifton Drive North near Thursby Nursing Home and Dune…

Read more Fylde Council seeks your views on re-starting sand extraction from St Annes Beach