What is Fleetwood?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name= Fleetwood | static_image= Fleetwood - Mar 2008 - Marine Hall and Gardens from the Mount.jpg | static_image_caption= <small>Fleetwood - The Marine Hall and Gardens from the Mount</small> | country= England | region= North West England | population = 26,840 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]]) | os_grid_reference= SD333479 | latitude= 53.923 | longitude= -3.015 | post_town= FLEETWOOD | postcode_area= FY | postcode_district= FY7 | dial_code= 01253 | constituency_westminster = [[Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackpool North and Fleetwood]] | shire_district= [[Wyre]] | shire_county= [[Lancashire]] | london_distance= }} '''Fleetwood''' is a town within the [[Wyre]] district of [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. It lies at the northwest corner of [[the Fylde]]. It had a population of 26,840 people at the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Lancashire Profile | publisher = [[Lancashire County Council]] | url = http://lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/monitors/populationurban.asp | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | archive-date = 2007-09-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926213155/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/monitors/populationurban.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is part of the [[Blackpool Urban Area]]. The town was the first planned place of the [[Victorian age]]. In the twentieth century, Fleetwood was a major [[Commercial trawler|deep-sea fishing]] port, but, since the 1970s, the fishing industry has declined. The town has slowly become poor. Fleetwood is also a [[seaside resort]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category-inline}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Towns in Lancashire]] [[Category:Wyre]] [[Category:Port citi