Record-breaking year as more than 2,000 green spaces across the country get international quality mark Today, parks and green spaces across the country will be raising their Green Flag Award with pride in a year when millions of people have seen the value of having great quality green spaces on their doorstep. Amongst the winners were a…

Read more Fylde celebrates as parks and green spaces wins Green Flag Award

Fylde Council has received funding from government to support the recruitment of 5 marshals who will help support people in the town centres to continue to adhere to the social distancing rules in place. COVID marshals are being introduced by many councils across the country to ensure social distancing rules are followed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson…

Read more Fylde Council recruits COVID Support Marshals to help support the restrictions in the borough

Following the award of National Lottery Heritage Funding in December 2018, we can now confirm the commencement of works to deliver the Fairhaven Lake and Garden Restoration project.  Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the project can now fulfil its ambition to make Fairhaven Lake and Gardens one of the finest marine lakes…

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The Local Government Boundary Commission is conducting an electoral review of Fylde Council, the aim being to ensure fair representation of electors across the borough and equal access to councillors.  The last review of Fylde took place in 2000 and since then some areas of the borough have seen significant housing growth. This leads to…

Read more Democracy in Fylde Under Review

The app, which went live in England and Wales on September 24, will enable businesses to download dedicated QR codes to print and display within their premises. It allows users to 'check-in' to venues such as restaurants, pubs, cinemas, and hairdressers by scanning the QR code on entry. The time and date of their check-in, as well…

Read more Fylde Council urges businesses to introduce the NHS’s new COVID-19 app

Leader of Fylde Council, Cllr Karen Buckley, said: “The level of Covid-19 infections in Fylde is now rising and there is a particular risk of community transmission in social settings.  Social distancing is our only means of combatting the spread of infection which is why the government have announced stricter measures across all Lancashire County Council…

Read more New COVID measures being introduced in Lancashire

Almost immediately following the establishment of a Town Centre working group at Fylde Council the country went into lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the focus of the group moved to providing safe spaces as shops began to re-opened, quickly turning their attention to tackling economic recovery in our town centres. In June, the…

Read more Ambitious plans for Fylde’s town centres

Over the last three years conservationists have been giving the UK's rarest lizard a helping hand. Captive bred sand lizards have been released on to the Fylde Sand Dunes as part of a long-term conservation project to restore the species’ status and historic range within the UK. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (ARC), Fylde and Blackpool Councils,…

Read more Rare sand lizards released back to Fylde sand dunes

Kirkham High Street is the centre of a multi-million pound regeneration programme. The initiative paves the way for economic and cultural regeneration in market towns all over the country. Like many towns, Kirkham town centre has suffered from the national decline in high street shopping trends. Located in the heart of the Fylde, Lancashire, Kirkham high…

Read more Kirkham high street to be designated Heritage Action Zone with multi-million pound regeneration planned