Have you been to Fleetwood Town Centre? It includes local shops and high street names, plus the market and more.
Lord Street is the main shopping high street in Fleetwood. It runs parallel with Dock Street from the market through to Amounderness Way.
Poulton Road, the A587, turns off at right angles, where you’ll find more shops of all kinds.
Walk Through Fleetwood Town Centre
Join us for a walk through Fleetwood Town Centre. In the next video we go from the market end of Lord Street to Fisherman’s Walk at the Asda end of town.
Why don’t you pop to Fleetwood for your shopping?
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Drive along Lord Street
Fleetwood town centre is linear and covers quite a big area so it’s not easy to photograph. But back in 2015, we captured some dash-cam footage of the car journey along Lord Street.
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Did you know? What’s now Lord Street was previously West Street and East Street up to 1899. West Street ran from Ash Street to Warren Street and East Street onwards to Albert Square. 62 shopkeepers petitioned the council to change it, hoping to see an increase in trade as Southport and Liverpool had done. They were trying to reflect the ‘upper class’ nature of the hoped-for shops. They’d been attracted away from Dock Street, to take advantage of the tramway laid in 1898.
Join us in this video as we travel from Fisherman’s Walk (at the Asda end) all the way along Lord Street to North Albert Street, ending at Pharos lighthouse.
And, for good measure, here’s our latest Lord Street video, made in February 2022. To bring the videos up to date!
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Poulton Road
Poulton Road meets Lord Street at a main T junction not far from Fisherman’s Walk, more or less opposite the Royal Oak Hotel.
There are shops and offices of all different kinds along Poulton Road, including a wallpaper/decorating shop, butchers, hairdressers, pet shop, opticians and the Fleetwood Town Council offices.
Plus various takeaways and the Strawberry Gardens pub, which serves food every day.
Poulton Road continues for some way, through to Aldi and Gee Tees. That’s a local store with a great selection of all kinds of things for the home. They sell small furniture, cards and gifts and much more, so that’s well worth a look.
To make life easy, there’s free on-street parking all along Poulton Road in this part of Fleetwood Town Centre. Go and take a look!
Shopping in Fleetwood Town Centre
Fleetwood has a varied selection of shops with national chains and local independent stores.
You’ll find all kinds of things here, from clothes repairs and ironmongery, through to gifts and clothes and haberdashery.
In Fleetwood town centre there are chemists and supermarkets, along with butchers and bakeries. Like most town centres there are places to eat, hairdressers and nail bars. It’s a handy place too, with shops like dry cleaners and electrical suppliers. There’s pedestrian access to the large nearby Asda supermarket from Lord Street.
Fleetwood town centre is quite good on the conveniences in life too. There’s free on-street parking all along Lord Street so if you want to pick something up in a hurry you can just park, shop and go. There are Danfo public toilets on the high street (individual cubicles – pay with coins).
Fleetwood is quite dog friendly. The people are also very friendly!
There are plenty of cafes in Fleetwood where you can have a full meal, snack or just a coffee. Of course, with a strong fishing heritage, it’s also somewhere to buy the best seaside fish and chips, with a number of award winning fish and chip shops.
Professional Services in Fleetwood Town Centre
Most town centres have a spot where ‘professional service’ providers congregate. That’s the accountants and solicitors. Along with a dentists you’ll find them in the area around St Peter’s Church.
Fleetwood Market
Fleetwood Market is on Adelaide Street, not far from St Peter’s Church and the clock tower, adjacent to Dock Street.
It’s a pretty spot, with period stone buildings and the clock tower in the road, with hanging baskets and bedding plants in summer.
The market is also just across the road from St Peter’s Church (above). It’s a lovely place to pause just for a few minutes on a bench and quietly watch the world go by.
Fleetwood Market sits between two pay and display car parks where residents can park for free each day with their residents permits. The market is open all year round, with indoor and outdoor stalls.
Fleetwood Market is a popular spot with locals and visitors. Coach trips visit each week and local people enjoy the range of goods on offer. Buy just about anything here, from fancy goods, clothes and handbags, through to sweets, ironmongery and vegetables.
North Albert Street
Adjacent to St Peter’s Church, in the area of the market, Lord Street ends to become North Albert Street. Here you’ll find Fleetwood Library, and a little further along North Albert Street is Fleetwood Hospital. The building is currently being converted into a central community hub.
‘Traditional Seaside’ near to Fleetwood Town Centre
If you were to follow North Albert Street right to the end, you’ll reach the North Euston Hotel and The Esplanade.
This is the ‘traditional seaside’ bit of the town, where the period buildings meet Fleetwood seafront. In the next photo you can also see the Upper Lighthouse.
Trams in Fleetwood Town Centre
Fleetwood is one of few places where trams share the main highway with cars and normal traffic. You can see the tram rails and overhead power cables clearly in the next photo.
The Blackpool to Fleetwood tramway runs along North Albert Street and Lord Street to Fisherman’s Walk. As the name suggests, the line extends through Cleveleys, along Blackpool seafront to its southernmost point at Squires Gate.
Blackpool Transport operate the trams in Fleetwood. Officially it’s a ‘light railway’.
On selected dates, you will also be able to see, and ride on, the old Heritage Trams in Fleetwood. They operate during events and at peak holiday times.
Don’t forget to make a date for Tram Sunday! It’s the one day in the year when Fleetwood town centre is closed to traffic, for the huge event all over the town.
Affinity Lancashire
No visit to Fleetwood would be complete without a trip to Affinity Lancashire. It’s the shopping outlet just off the town centre – it used to be called Freeport Fleetwood.
Travel into Fleetwood by car via the A585 and you’ll pass it. Along with Asda, it’s just off the big roundabout as you arrive in the town.
Arrive by bus or tram, you should get off at Fisherman’s Walk on Lord Street. It’s just a short walk from there to the shopping centre.
Affinity Lancashire is an outlet shopping village with something for everyone. There’s a Next, Clarks shoes, Gap and many other big brand names, plus lots of bargains.
Facilities are good there too. There’s plenty of free parking and it’s somewhere you can go if you’ve got a dog. Lots of benches for the dog-sitter to rest and wait while other family members go shopping, plus dog bowls for thirsty four legged shoppers! In fact many of the shops are happy for you to take your canine friend in, particularly if he is small enough to carry.
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I was looking at the shops on Lord Street in the video. There used to be a little wool shop opposite St Peters Church. I used to use it back in the 70s when I lived in Fleetwood and came through to Fleetwood a couple or so years ago and the shop was still there with the same lovely lady. I recently moved back to the area and it doesn’t appear to be there now. Anyone any information?
Sadly, the lady died and the shop closed. It was a lovely little shop and it’s missed too.
I grew up in Fleetwood and well remember the original Lofthouses’ Chemists on Lord Street and the shop on the pier which had a display of letters in the window praising the virtues of Fisherman’s Friend. I have visited Norway many times and lived there for a while many years ago, my wife is from Sunnmøre in Western Norway (her father was a fisherman) and I found that wherever you went you would find a shop selling Fisherman’s Friend, even in out of the way places. The selection they generally had on offer was far wider than I usually see here in the UK too.