Woodside Blackpool, Fylde
29 addresses across 3 postcodes (FY4), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 14800676.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Fylde costs £2,484 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 27% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Moss Side, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 870 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 12 to 13 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 29 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Dale Medical Centre, about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2024 | 11 FY4 5PL | Other | £480,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 24 Apr 2024 | 9 FY4 5PL | Other | £227,940 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 May 2017 | 12 - 14 FY4 5PL | Other | £24,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Fylde in 2026-27: Band D £2,484 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,656 | £1,932 | £2,208 | £2,484 | £3,036 | £3,588 | £4,140 | £4,968 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (26% 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Clock Garage, Preston New Road, Westby: up to 14 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- Spengarth, Cropper Road, Westby: up to 14 homes, pending decision (790 m (0.5 miles))
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, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY4 5PL | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| FY4 5LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| FY4 5PN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 29 addresses are between 12 m and 13 m above sea level (12 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY4 5LU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| FY4 5PL | 91% | 27% | 27% | 9% |
| FY4 5PN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Moss Side 4,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Blackpool South 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach 119,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest B&Q Peel Hill | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Lonsdale Coach Park Bloomfield | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Blackpool Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 280 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 51.6 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Abbey Dale Medical Centre | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Opd Victoria Hospital | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Blackpool Police Headquarters | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,380 m² | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 220 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mereside Park 9.4 ha | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Cherry Tree Allotments 4.4 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Arnott Wood | Wood | 90 m north |
| Kirkham Copse | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Carr Bridge Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Marton Mere | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Hall Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Blackpool South Beach | Beach | 4.9 km (3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 29 |
11 of the street's 29 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Fylde: see them on the Fylde page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mereside Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St George's School A Church of England Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy's Pizza also trading as Frites Lancashire FY4 5RU | Mobile caterer | 260 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2026 |
| The Juice Club FY4 5RU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 8 Mar 2024 |
| Sabroso FY4 5RU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2026 |
| Nom Nom FY4 5RU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| The Learning Tree Nursery FY4 5LW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 330 m | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Clean Eats FY4 5QP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Glasdon Staff Canteen FY4 4UL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dugdales Close (6); On or near Thompson Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- FY4 5PL: 21 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- FY4 5LU: 5 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- FY4 5PN: 3 addresses of 19 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Thompson Road · Dugdales Close · Broughton Way · A5230 · Westby Close · Peel Hill · Brooklands Way · Whitehills Drive · Hallam Way · Holly Close · Preston New Road · Plumpton Close
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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.