Lytham St Annes: Lancashire's Quieter Fylde Coast Resort With Championship Golf
Lytham St Annes sits on the Fylde coast, immediately south of Blackpool but a world apart in character. Where Blackpool is brash and loud, Lytham St Annes is sedate, residential, and determinedly genteel. The town is actually two places merged: Lytham, the older settlement to the east with a windmill on the green, and St Annes-on-the-Sea, the Victorian planned resort to the west. The combined population is around 43,000. Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club has hosted the Open Championship 11 times, most recently in 2012. The course, unusually for a links, is surrounded by houses and a railway line rather than sand dunes.
The seafront at St Annes has formal gardens, a restored pier (though much shorter than its original length), and Lowry-esque views across the Ribble Estuary to Southport. Lytham's centre on Clifton Street has independent shops, restaurants, and a prosperous feel. Fairhaven Lake, between the two settlements, is used for sailing and watersports. The railway station is on the Blackpool South line, connecting to Preston in about 30 minutes. The M55 terminus is a few miles to the north. Property prices run well above the Lancashire average. For those considering adult companionship on the Fylde coast, Lytham St Annes offers an alternative to Blackpool, with Preston and the wider Lancashire area accessible by rail and road.
Show more
Lytham St Annes sits on the Fylde coast, immediately south of Blackpool but a world apart in character. Where Blackpool is brash and loud, Lytham St Annes is sedate, residential, and determinedly genteel. The town is actually two places merged: Lytham, the older settlement to the east with a windmill on the green, and St Annes-on-the-Sea, the Victorian planned resort to the west. The combined population is around 43,000. Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club has hosted the Open Championship 11 times, most recently in 2012. The course, unusually for a links, is surrounded by houses and a railway line rather than sand dunes.
The seafront at St Annes has formal gardens, a restored pier (though much shorter than its original length), and Lowry-esque views across the Ribble Estuary to Southport. Lytham's centre on Clifton Street has independent shops, restaurants, and a prosperous feel. Fairhaven Lake, between the two settlements, is used for sailing and watersports. The railway station is on the Blackpool South line, connecting to Preston in about 30 minutes. The M55 terminus is a few miles to the north. Property prices run well above the Lancashire average. For those considering adult companionship on the Fylde coast, Lytham St Annes offers an alternative to Blackpool, with Preston and the wider Lancashire area accessible by rail and road.
Country selected
Region selected
City selected
