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Thinking of living at FY7 8NJ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkholme Primary School | Primary | 350 m | 63% met the expected standard |
| Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School | Primary | 1000 m | 37% met the expected standard |
| St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy | Primary | 1.5 km | 18% met the expected standard |
| Shakespeare Primary School | Primary | 1.7 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 21% met the expected standard |
| Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood | Secondary | 600 m | Attainment 8: 43.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Fleetwood High School | Secondary | 800 m | Attainment 8: 35.8 · 3.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Millfield School | Secondary | 5.2 km | Attainment 8: 48.5 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Rossall School | Independent | 1.2 km | 22.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near FY7 8NJ, 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 | Fleetwood Cricket & Sports Club Crown Green Bowls Club | 630 m | 16 |
| Tennis | Fleetwood High School | 540 m | 7 |
| Golf | Fleetwood Golf Clubhouse & Proshop | 1.2 km | 4 |
| Football | Highbury Stadium | 1.6 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Rossall School | 1.1 km | 3 |
| Rugby union | Fleetwood Rugby Club | 550 m | 2 |
| Cricket | Fleetwood Cricket Club | 650 m | 1 |
| Fitness | Maxi Fitness | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Squash | Thornton Health And Fitness Centre | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Rugby | King Georges Playing Fields | 4.0 km | 1 |
| Archery | Blackpool Bowmen Archery Club | 4.8 km | 1 |
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 Broadwater tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (750 m). The nearest rail station is Poulton-le-Fylde, 7.3 km away, with 630k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Larkholme Shops, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 5); 17 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 60 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
The nearest primary school is Larkholme Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 43.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Food, 150 m away; Andrew Sansbury Ltd Milk Deliveries (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Broadway Medical Centre (950 m), with Albert Wilde Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Halo Beauty Salon is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 10.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Shac is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Rossall Tavern the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 36% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Memorial Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Maxi Fitness (2.3 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Fleetwood, 2.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 65 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 80 km.
18 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
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.