Priestield Blackpool, Wyre
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (FY5), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 45605607.
11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 5, E: 1). 13 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Wyre costs £2,461 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Poulton-Le-Fylde, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 140 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 4 to 6 m above sea level. 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Beechwood Surgery, about 1.2 km away. About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 14 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (5). Built: 1996-2002 (9); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Wyre in 2026-27: Band D £2,461 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,640 | £1,914 | £2,187 | £2,461 | £3,007 | £3,554 | £4,101 | £4,921 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (28% of about 980 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- North of Norcross Lane, Thornton Cleveleys: up to 338 homes, permissioned (240 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 23 homes the Environment Agency counts, 9 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 1 low and 7 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY5 3QQ | zone 3 | 5 / 4 / 0 | unlikely |
| FY5 3RP | zone 3 | 4 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 4 m and 6 m above sea level (5 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY5 3QQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| FY5 3RP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Poulton-Le-Fylde 630,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km |
| Layton (Lancs) 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Blackpool North 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Anchorsholme (Blackpool Tramway) | 1.8 km |
| Little Bispham (Blackpool Tramway) | 1.8 km | |
| Norbreck North (Blackpool Tramway) | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 41 within 800 m; nearest Offices Norcross | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Cleveleys | 2.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing | 7.3 km |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 1.8 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 540 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 59.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Beechwood Surgery | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Morrisons Pharmacy | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Spire Fylde Coast Hospital | 4.1 km |
| Police station | Lancashire Constabulary | 4.4 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,310 m² | 140 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 6.3 ha | 750 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 70 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7.7 ha | 830 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,850 m² | 580 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 8.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Horseman's Hill | Hill | 530 m south-west |
| Bispham Beach | Beach | 2.3 km west |
| Skippool Marsh | Wetland | 2.7 km east |
| Cleveleys Beach | Beach | 2.8 km north-west |
| Pheasant Wood | Wood | 2.8 km north |
| Peg's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the street's 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | 16 plus | 14–99 | 540 m | No published inspection |
| Kincraig Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 680 m | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Anchorsholme Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 920 m | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Carleton Green Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
| Millfield School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Montgomery Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Norbreck Primary Academy | Primary | 5–11 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Westcliff Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bispham Gardens FY2 0FN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 500 m | 5 Very good | 18 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Emerald Close (4); On or near The Spinney (3); On or near Goldstone Drive (3); On or near Opal Close (1); On or near Chardonnay Crescent (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Prenton Gardens · Plainmoor Drive · Bescot Way · The Shay · Prenton Gardens · Norcross Lane · Goldstone Drive · Sixfields · Warren Drive · Warren Drive · Garnet Close · Whiteholme Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.