Museums · North West England
Bispham, Blackpool
In or near Singleton.
Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Layton · 2.0 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Bispham, Blackpool is a museum in england-north-west, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Wyre Estuary SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
A 12,000-year-old animal skeleton (the Carleton Elk) found with barbed arrowheads near Blackpool Sixth Form College in 1970 provided the first evidence of humans living on The Fylde as far back as the Palaeolithic era. The Fylde was also home to a British tribe, the Setantii (the "dwellers in the water") a sub-tribe of the Brigantes, who from about AD80 were controlled by Romans from their fort at Dowbridge, Kirkham. During the Roman occupation, the area was covered by oak forests and bog land. Bispham was originally a village in its own right, pre-dating the town of Blackpool by several hundred years. It is featured in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Biscopham. (meaning Bishop's estate or…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.8520, -3.0410
- District
- Blackpool
- Parish
- Blackpool, unparished area
- Postcode
- FY2 0HL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Nearest railway station
- Layton — 2 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Bispham, Blackpool (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Carleton Cemetery & Crematorium
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bispham, Blackpool?
- Bispham, Blackpool is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode FY2 0HL), in the parish of Blackpool, unparished area.
- What is Bispham, Blackpool?
- Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England.
- How do I get to Bispham, Blackpool?
- The nearest railway station is Layton, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode FY2 0HL.
- Is Bispham, Blackpool a protected site?
- Yes — Bispham, Blackpool is part of the Wyre Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Bispham, Blackpool?
- The nearest railway station is Layton, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode FY2 0HL.