Borough of Wyre

Wyre
Wyre
Borough and non-metropolitan district
	From left to right; Top: Fleetwood from across the Wyre Esturary; Middle: Poulton-le-Fylde and Garstang town centres; Bottom: Thornton-Cleveleys seafront with Blackpool in the distance and Preesall coastal path on the Wyre Coast;
	Wyre shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Founded	1974
Admin. HQ	Poulton-le-Fylde
Government
• Type	Wyre Borough Council
• MPs:	Paul Maynard, Cat Smith, Ben Wallace
Area
• Total	109.0 sq mi (282.2 km2)
• Rank	125th
Population (2021)
• Total	112,457
• Rank	213th
• Density	1,000/sq mi (400/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 97.5% White ; 1% Mixed ; 1% Asian ; 0.3% other ; 0.2% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 59.8% Christianity ; 33.7% no religion ; 5.1% not stated ; 0.4% other ; 0.4% Islam ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	30UQ (ONS); E07000128 (GSS)

Wyre is a local government district with borough status on the coast of Lancashire, England. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde and the borough also contains the towns of Cleveleys, Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Some of the borough's built-up areas form part of the wider Blackpool urban area. Eastern parts of the borough lie within the Forest of Bowland, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The borough is named after the River Wyre, which runs through the area and meets the sea at Fleetwood. There are no road or rail connections between the parts of the borough either side of the Wyre estuary, and it is necessary to cross the neighbouring Fylde district in order to travel between the two parts of Wyre, or else use the Wyre Estuary Ferry between Fleetwood and Knott End.

The neighbouring districts are Blackpool, Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley and Lancaster.

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