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Fleetwood Market

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Fleetwood Market is a Victorian market hall in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Located between Adelaide Street and Victoria Street, it was established in 1840, making it one of the oldest markets in the county. In 1235, King Henry III granted a market charter to Rossall manor. This included the future site of Fleetwood, but it was not for another 605 years that Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, then lord of the manor, and his wife, Lady Hesketh, established a market. The original building was constructed of wood with a slate roof. Local purveyors sold farm produce alongside textiles and clothing from traders from Manchester. Cattle and livestock were being sold at the market by 1868. Seven years later, the market was sold to the Fleetwood Estate Company. In 1890, Fleetwood Local Government Board purchased the market, adding an open market. The main hall was rebuilt in 1892. The market was extended in 1990, and refurbished at a cost of £3.2 million between 2000 and 2024. It was partly funded by the High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) grant sourced from central government via Historic England. Later in 2024, a blue plaque denoting the market's "marvellous heritage" was installed by Fleetwood Civic Society beside one of its Adelaide Street entrances. A farmers' market is held at the market once a month.

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Fleetwood Market
Victoria Street, Borough of Wyre Fleetwood

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Victoria Street 1 - 2
FY7 6BT Borough of Wyre, Fleetwood
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Pharos Lighthouse, Fleetwood
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The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a 93-foot (28 m) tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton has been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Construction was completed in 1840. Unusually for a functioning British lighthouse, it stands in the middle of a residential street (Pharos Street). Though officially named the 'Upper Lighthouse', it has been known as the 'Pharos' since its construction, after the celebrated ancient lighthouse Pharos of Alexandria. The lighthouse was designed and constructed in conjunction with the much shorter (34 feet (10 m)) Lower Lighthouse (also known as Beach Lighthouse) which stands on Fleetwood sea front. The lighthouses are designed to be used as a pair to guide shipping through the treacherous sandbanks of the Wyre estuary. The light from the Pharos should be kept immediately above the light from the Lower for safe passage down the channel. Both lighthouses were first illuminated on 1 December 1840. Each was run off the town's gas supply, with a single parabolic reflector placed behind the burner; later they were converted to electricity. The lamp is approximately 104 feet (32 m) above sea level, giving a range of about 12 nautical miles (22 km). For many years, the lighthouse was painted a striking cream and red colour, but in the late 1970s, the original sandstone was again exposed. The Fleetwood terminal loop of the Blackpool tramway runs past the foot of the lighthouse. The lighthouse is managed by the Port of Fleetwood. The interior is closed to the general public.