Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at FY4 1LW? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armfield Academy | Primary | 400 m | 45% met the expected standard |
| Roseacre Primary Academy | Primary | 600 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Thames Primary Academy | Primary | 650 m | 62% met the expected standard |
| Armfield Academy | Secondary | 400 m | Attainment 8: 35.6 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| South Shore Academy | Secondary | 1.2 km | – |
| Highfield Leadership Academy | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 30 · 4.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Spen Brook School | Independent | 1.5 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| BFC School | Independent | 2.1 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Blackpool Skills Academy | Independent | 3.1 km | – |
Every primary near FY4 1LW, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | South Shore Crown Green Bowls Club | 290 m | 17 |
| Swimming | Sandcastle Waterworld | 1.0 km | 10 |
| Tennis | Just Padel (Blackpool) | 1.6 km | 8 |
| Football | AFC Blackpool Football Club | 2.1 km | 5 |
| Squash | South Shore Cricket and Squash Club | 2.4 km | 5 |
| Golf | St Annes Old Links Golf Club | 2.7 km | 5 |
| Cycling | Palatine Cycle Circuit | 1.0 km | 4 |
| Cricket | South Shore Cricket Club | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Ramp City | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Ten-pin bowling | tenpin | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Climbing | Blackpool Sports Centre | 3.3 km | 2 |
| Ice skating | Pleasure Beach Arena | 640 m | 1 |
| Karting | Go Kart Track | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Billiards | Q's Snooker Club | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Shooting | BRPC | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Midgeland Indor Riding School | 3.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 25. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Blackpool Pleasure Beach, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 119k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Preston (Lancs).
The nearest bus stop is Farmers Arms, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 11, 68, 5, 68C); 52 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (16 by car).
The nearest primary school is Armfield Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 45% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Armfield Academy, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 35.6 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Go Local Extra, 150 m away; G & K Mitchell Butchers (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highfield Surgery (550 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The Blow Bar is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 4.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 26 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Ducks Coffee Company is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Farmers Arms the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 142 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 52% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is The Louie Horrocks Playing Fields, 300 m away; for exercise, Sandcastle Waterworld (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Bispham, 6.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 52 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 70 km.
46 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.