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Fairhaven Lake will be hosting an exciting new environment arts project later this month. The Eco Makers Market is part of the Green Loop environmental arts programme led by Fylde Council. The market will have a surprising and inspiring array of sustainable crafts on offer. With products ranging from jewellery to homewares, visitors and shoppers…

Read more Green Loop: Eco Makers Market Commences April 30th

Some of Fylde’s wonderful independent high street businesses have received a timely makeover as they look to bounce back in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fylde Borough Council has delivered more vital investment through the Additional Restriction Grants (ARG) programme which was set up to help businesses who have faced unprecedent challenges over the past two…

Read more Fylde Businesses Get Makeover As High Streets Bounce Back In Style

A ground-breaking programme led by Fylde Borough Council to improve the health and well-being of Kirkham residents has been celebrated on the national stage. Kirkham’s Heritage Health and Wellbeing Programme is a key part of the £10m Kirkham Futures regeneration masterplan designed to reinvigorate the historic town centre by bringing important buildings back into use, improving…

Read more Kirkham’s Heritage Health and Wellbeing programme receives national praise

Sunday 10^th April 2022 will see the return of the annual Fairhaven Lake Open Day, with free events for all ages, groups, and abilities between 11am and 4pm, showcasing everything Fairhaven has to offer!

• Have a Go Canoe Sessions Join our resident Water Sports Coordinator Jay to have a free try at Canoeing and…

  Read more Fairhaven Lake Annual Open Day 2022

Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are in place in a number of locations throughout the Borough, prohibiting BBQs and other outdoor temporary cooking on council-owned land, including the beach and surrounding coastal areas.  They prohibit using or bringing BBQs into the prohibited area with a view to lighting or cooking on them. Failure to comply…

Read more Fylde Council consultation to extend Public Space Protection Order to prohibit BBQs and open fires in the borough’s open spaces

As the sunnier seasons start to roll in, Fylde Council would like to remind visitors and residents how to enjoy the seaside safely.

• Beware of changing sea, tide, weather conditions and tidal cut-off, especially around the pier
• Beware of sandbanks, shelving, and incoming tides – tide times can be checked online at the Met…

  Read more Be Safe on Fylde’s Beaches in 2022!

Residents and visitors are reminded that the dog exclusion zone on the amenity beach at St Annes starts Good Friday, 15^th April until 30th September. During the busy summer period dogs are not permitted on the amenity beach which is located between the slipway for St Annes Lifeboat Station and the northern end of North…

Read more Dog Exclusion Zone Comes Back into Effect on St Annes Amenity Beach

As the COVID-19 business grants schemes come to an end, Fylde Council have disclosed that a staggering £37million was paid out to local businesses, charities, and community groups over the past two years. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fylde Council have awarded over £33million through central government grant schemes to 1600+ businesses, plus over…

Read more Fylde Council Announce £37m Total Business Grants Paid as Scheme Closes

The replanting of the Japanese garden at Fairhaven Lake has begun in earnest, with volunteers working alongside Fylde Council’s dedicated landscapers to bring the original vision back to life. Designed and built in 1925 by Thomas Mawson, a leading landscape architect from the northwest, the Japanese gardens and lagoon were lost in the early 1980s, and…

Read more Volunteers and Councillors Muck In to Replant Fairhaven’s Japanese Gardens