Robert Wheatley's Pictures of Lytham St Anne's

The Promenade

The Sea-front "Promenade" stretches along the coast - where the River Ribble meets the Irish Sea.

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The Boating Pool and Band Stand

The Victorian Sea-Front features are very well maintained.

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St Annes Beach - Sand Yacht

The wide, firm sandy beach at St. Annes allows the land yachts to acheive incredible speeds.

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Sand-Dunes and Pier

The St Annes sand dunes with St. Annes pier in the background - there was also a pier in Lytham - demolished in the 1950's - where a foot passenger ferry service operated to Southport - across the estuary - avoiding a 20 mile drive through Preston - the lowest bridging point of the River Ribble.

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Sand Yacht

The beach at Lytham St. Annes hosts international sand yacht races.

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Royal Lytham St. Annes Golf Club

The golf club plays host to international competitions - it is one of the four golf courses in Lytham St Annes.

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Lytham Square

Lytham Square with the Clifton Family Crest.

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Lytham Square

Lythams buildings are heavily influenced by a mixture of the Dutch and Tudor style of Architecture.

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Fishermens Cottages - Lytham

These cottages - built in the 1800's were originally the homes of the local fishermen.

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'Green Drive'

"Green Drive" is a popular - pedestrian only - walk at the rear of Lytham - connecting Salcoates an Ballam Road - Saltcoates got it's name from the salt pans that were originally in the area - used to collect sea-salt.

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'Leafy Lytham'

The main shopping street "Clifton Street" is lined with tree's - earning Lytham the nick-name "Leafy Lytham" Though with the onset of winter the trees shed their leaves.

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Witchwood - Lytham

A woodland walk running from Lytham's railway staion into Ansdell - opened by the Duke of Edinburgh.

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The Ribble Estuary at Lytham

This shows the estuary with the tide "in" - the estuary is a favorite resting place for migratory birds.

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The Witch

The burial place of the "Witch" - from where Witchwood gets its name - the "Witch" being the favorite horse of the local Squire - who wanted to have the horse buried at St Cuthberts Church - however the Church refused to bury a horse in consecrated ground - the Squire therefore buried the horse near the church in an area which is now a public walk.

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Lytham Windmill and Lifeboat Station

Situated on Lytham "Green" which runs for over a mile along the estuary of the River Ribble is the windmill - originally a working flour mill built by the Cookson family - next to which is the original Lytham Lifeboat station which housed the lifeboat which took part in the ill fated attempted rescue of the "Mexico" - all the lifeboat crew loosing their lives.

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Lytham Square

Ltham Square - formerly referred to as "Bog Island" by the locals prior to the mosaic of estuary pebbles being created.

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Lytham Railway Station

The former Station building is now a public house - the station is still operating on the Preston-Blackpool branch line. This was not the original station - prior to this station the Lytham terminus stood on the site of the current fire station on Station Road - the Public House - "The Hansom Cab" being formerley the Station Hotel.

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Lytham Promenade

The "Promenade" is a pedestrial walkway running along the estuary - it is built on top of Lythams tidal defence barrier.

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Lytham - the Ribble Estuary

On the seashore of the Ribble estuary the local fishermen park the tractors used to haul in the boats and catches.

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Clifton Street, Lytham

Lytham main shopping street - named after the Clifton Family whose head was the Squire of Lytham.

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