Overview for Poulton Road, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7LZ
Introduction
Poulton-le-Fylde, commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,115.
There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 12,000 years ago, and several archaeological finds from Roman settlement in England have been found in the area.
At the time of the Norman conquest, Poulton was a small agricultural settlement in the hundred of Amounderness.
The church of St Chad was recorded in 1094, when it was endowed to Lancaster Priory.
By the post-Medieval period, the town had become an important commercial centre for the region with weekly and triannual markets. Goods were imported and exported through two harbours on the River Wyre.
In 1837, the town was described as the "metropolis of the Fylde", but its commercial importance waned from the mid-19th century with the development of the nearby coastal towns of Fleetwood and Blackpool.
Poulton has the administrative centre of the Borough of Wyre and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wyre and Preston North. It is part of the Blackpool Urban Area and approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Blackpool town centre.
There are rail links to Blackpool and Preston, and bus routes to the larger towns and villages of the Fylde.
Poulton has a library and two secondary schools: Baines School and Hodgson Academy.
There is a farmers' market once a month. and since October 2011 there has been a weekly market on Mondays in the centre of the town.
Summary for Poulton Road, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7LZ
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Police
This area is policed by Lancashire Constabulary.
Lancashire Constabulary split their policing area into 236 separate neighbourhoods and this postcode is in the Poulton le Fylde neighbourhood.
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Member of UK Parliament
This postcode is in the Wyre and Preston North parliamentary constituency.
Wyre and Preston North is a constituency in the North West region of England. The seat has been held by Mr Ben Wallace (Conservative) since May 2010.
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Historical Weather Summary
| Clear | 18.42% |
| Cloudy | 58.18% |
| Rain | 8.34% |
| Windy | 15.01% |
| Other | 0.05% |
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The Rural/Urban classification is based upon data collected during the 2011 Census and released in August 2013 and is categorised into 6 distinct classes.
[A] Urban Major conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the major conurbation settlement category.
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[D] Rural Town and fringe
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The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation.
The index is based on 39 separate indicators across seven distinct domains (Income; Employment; Health and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment) to provide an overall measure of multiple deprivation and is calculated for every neighbourhood.
The index is relative rather than an absolute scale and so a neighbourhood with a score of 10 is more deprived than one rated 20, but this does not equate to being twice as deprived.
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