The Fylde

Coordinates: 53°50′13″N 2°51′40″W / 53.837°N 2.861°W / 53.837; -2.861
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This article is about the physical region. For the local government district within it, see Borough of Fylde. For other uses, see Fylde.

Lea Town
Woodplumpton
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Towns and villages on the Fylde

The Fylde (

square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills to the east which approximates to a section of the M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line.[1]

Geography

It is a flat, alluvial plain, parts of which have deposits of and were once dug for peat. The River Wyre meanders across the Fylde from Garstang on the eastern edge, westwards towards Poulton and then northwards to the sea at Fleetwood. The area north and east of the tidal Wyre, known as Over Wyre, is the more rural side of the river. The Fylde is roughly trisected by the M55 motorway and A586 road.

The west coast is almost entirely urban, containing the towns of

Knott End and Pilling
.

Geology

The Fylde is underlain by

members; one in particular is of note, the "Preesall Halite member", traditionally referred to as the Preesall Salt. It was the basis of former commercial operations in the area. Amongst others, boreholes sunk in connection with the former saltfield have provided much of the information on the bedrock of the area. The Mythop salt beds within the Mercia Mudstone succession are also conjectured to outcrop beneath the southwest corner of the Fylde.[2]

The Quaternary cover consists of glacial

mosses in the northeast of the area.[3][4]

Governance


The Borough of Fylde
FY postcode area

The

Wyre and Blackpool to the north and west respectively. The local justice area
covering all of the Fylde is called Fylde Coast.

The

Amounderness
.

Gallery

  • Ribble estuary, looking west, separating the West Lancashire Coastal Plain (left) from the Fylde (right)
    Ribble estuary, looking west, separating the West Lancashire Coastal Plain (left) from the Fylde (right)
  • Countryside near the Wyre Estuary
    Countryside near the Wyre Estuary
  • Fylde coast, aerial photograph
    Fylde coast, aerial photograph

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9789401064569
  2. ^ "British Geological Survey 1:50000 Series, England and Wales sheet 74 Southport, Solid and Drift geology". Maps Portal. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ "GeoIndex Onshore". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Geological Survey of Great Britain (England and Wales), Blackpool, Sheet 66, 1:50000 Series, Solid and Drift Edition with Bouguer anomalies". Maps Portal. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

53°50′13″N 2°51′40″W / 53.837°N 2.861°W / 53.837; -2.861