to add an item to your Itinerary basket.Living Legends
(David McCulloch)
The settlement of Wyre dates back many millennia. The Fylde plains were once an expanse of dense oak forests and bogs, hunted by man for over 11,000 years.
Similarly, in a peaceful enclave in Bowland, the Bleasdale Bronze Age Circle, unearthed in 1898, provides an insight into the lives of those who inhabited Wyre thousands of years ago.
Generations have shaped our landscape as the landscape in turn has suggested our way of life, albeit sometimes hard - Step into the shoes of the deep sea fishermen, who braved the menace of the North Sea and board the Jacinta Heritage Trawler at Fleetwood for a fascinating, first hand insight into the conditions they endured at sea.
Marsh Mill stands proudly overlooking the Fylde Coast. Take a tour to the top of one of Britain’s only working windmills and see the beautiful wooden cogs and machinery jump into action, sending the giant stones grinding as the giant red slatted sails turn on the breeze.
To learn more about our heritage, Wyre has two captivating museums; Fleetwood Museum in the old Customs House and the Fylde Country Life Museum, situated just outside Fleetwood. The museums are jam-packed with maritime, social and agricultural artefacts.
Wyre has its fair share of architectural gems; the two Fleetwood lighthouses, unique in their design to enable vessels to sail into port safely once aligned, a collection of ancient country churches and the aqueduct at Garstang (designed by John Rennie) carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Wyre fifty feet below. You can also see the remains of Greenhalgh Castle at Garstang, which was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1646.
Wyre’s history is deep rooted in its landscape and its people. A visit to Wyre and you too will be made at home with a hearty and infamous Lancastrian welcome.
