This walk was difficult to decide what to see as there are so many Churches in Fleetwood, of all sorts of denominations and they all moved around over the years.
The walk starts at the corner of Derbyshire Rd and Warren Ave South at St Paul’s Church. The church like many others started in the Town Centre, but in the 1920s the church bought an empty plot of land here and it was designed by the Architect and Builder Stephen Frost Johnson in 1927. Built in stone blocks and decorated with pebbles, from the beach which is why I chose to start here.
Follow Warren Ave South then take a right turn up Agnew Road and the United Reformed Church with its brown bricks is on the corner of Agnew and Shakespeare Road. This church started in 1837 a year after the town started, though it was originally on Lord Street on the same site as the now closed ex-catalogue shop near London Street Tram stop. Though it moved to this location in 1938.
Follow Shakespeare Road till it crosses Manor Road and take a left.
In front of you should be St Nicholas Church follow Manor Road, and take a right turn at the end onto Poulton Rd. St Nicholas Church was designed by renowned architect Lawrence King and was built in 1962. It is supposed to look like an upturned boat. It’s an amazing building to draw, just watch the roof lines when you draw them as they follow through the building. St Nicholas as well as being well known for giving gifts is also the patron saint of sailors which was important to Fleetwood.
One more church to see, carrying up Poulton Rd past the shops there is another spire ahead on the left. St Wulstan’s Church is the last stop on this walk. This church was built from 1925 to 1926. St Wulstan was an English saint and a contemporary of King Cnut who couldn’t stop the tide coming in around him.