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Bold Street, FLEETWOOD, FY7 6HW

This was opened in 1841 conceived as a staging point for passengers travelling from London to Scotland by rail, at a time when it was thought that a rail route could not be built through the Cumbrian fells. The passengers would start from Euston Station in London, so this would be 'North Euston'. By 1850 the line to Scotland had opened ...

Stalybridge Festival Queen Zoe's decorated car parked on Bold Street; taking part in the 2012 Fleetwood Transport Festival (aka "Tram Sunday").

Statue on depicting fishing families

A man relaxes by the obelisk in Euston Gardens. The obelisk was erected to commemorate two local fishermen, James Abram and George Greenall, who lost their lives in 1890 when trying to rescue the crew of a stricken schooner. The memorial was paid for by public subscription and in more recent years a plaque has been added giving tribute to others lost at sea, dedicated by Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi. Behind that is the North Euston Hotel which was built between 1840 and 1841 to provide accommodation for train travellers on their way between Euston station in London and Scotland. At that time no railway existed across the northern fells of England and southern uplands of Scotland - in fact, it was widely believed that it would be impossible to build one - so the intention was that passengers would be ferried by sea north of Fleetwood. Only a short time later a railway was built and Fleetwood never achieved the role as a major transport hub once envisaged for it.

Two interesting cars on Bold Street at Fleetwood: with the pantograph is No 619 formerly of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad company: behind it is a 'Coronation' car, still looking modern but dating from 1953

The North Euston Hotel, a fine semi-circular building, was built in 1841 to a design by Decimus Burton. It overlooks Morecambe Bay and the estuary of the River Wyre. The hotel was close to the departure point for the steamers to Scotland and was built principally to serve overnight guests making the railway journey from London Euston. At the time it was thought that a rail route could not be built through the Cumbrian fells. The passengers would start from Euston Station in London, so this would be 'North Euston'. By 1850 the line to Scotland had opened. In 1859 the hotel was sold to the Government as a School of Musketry for the military. Forty years later it resumed its role as a major hotel and is currently owned by a consortium of local families On the right is the Lower Lighthouse Image

The North Euston Hotel was conceived as a staging post between London and Scotland at a time when it was thought that railways would never be able to get through the Cumbrian fells. Passengers would stay here before boarding the boat north. It's the background for 'Centenary' car 644 which has set down its passengers before pulling round to the ferry. This scene may well be a thing of the past.

The North Euston Hotel at Fleetwood. The hotel was opened in 1841. At the time, it stood at the end of the railway line from London's Euston station, from which the hotel takes its name. Fleetwood's Lower Lighthouse stands in the background.