Layton, Blackpool

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title: "Layton, Blackpool" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-lancashire", "geography-of-blackpool"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layton,_Blackpool" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
static_image_name	Westcliffe Drive, Layton - geograph.org.uk - 3463642.jpg
static_image_caption	Westcliffe Drive, Layton
official_name	Layton
unitary_england	Blackpool
lieutenancy_england	Lancashire
region	North West England
country	England
coordinates
population	6,845
population_ref	(2011 census)
constituency_westminster	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
post_town	BLACKPOOL
postcode_area	FY
postcode_district	FY3
dial_code	01253
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Blackpool
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Blackpool
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Layton is a suburb of Blackpool in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. The ward population at the 2011 census was 6,845.

Geography

Located roughly in Blackpool's geographical centre (although some distance from the coastal business district), Layton accounts for a relatively large part of the town's total area. Layton is bounded by the districts of Bispham (to the north), Whitegate (to the west), Grange Park (to the east) and Marton (to the south). Most of the land in this area is flat, apart from a single hill in the northeast corner.

History

Layton with Warbreck was historically one of two townships in the parish of Bispham. The township included the nascent town of Blackpool within its boundaries, and in 1851 the township was made a Local Board of Health District. From 1866 the township also became a civil parish. The local board was renamed Blackpool in 1868 and the district was made a municipal borough in 1876. The name of the civil parish remained Layton with Warbreck until 1894 when it was renamed Blackpool.

Facilities

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The north of Layton has one of Blackpool's main concentrations of shops and other businesses outside the town centre. In this area, there is also a library and several churches and public houses. Layton also has several small parks and a number of bowling greens. The main fire station for Blackpool is at the south of the district. Kingscote Park is the second largest park in Blackpool, and the largest park within Layton itself. Layton Cemetery is the largest in the area. Established during the town's Victorian expansion, it has a small Judaic burial area.

Layton railway station (formerly Bispham railway station) in Bispham Road is on the line to Blackpool North.

Education

Five schools are located within the district:

St Mary's Catholic Academy
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Layton Primary School
Devonshire Primary Academy, which has been rebuilt after the original building was destroyed by a fire.
Christ the King RC primary school

References

"Ward population 2011".
{{London Gazette. (4 November 1851)
(1869). "The Law relating to Public Health and Local Government". Butterworths.
(1912). "A History of the County of Lancaster". Victoria County History.
"Layton with Warbreck Township / Civil Parish". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth.
(1895). "Annual Report of the Local Government Board". Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
"Kingscote Park takes a bite of the Big Apple". Blackpool Council.
(February 2020). "Cash boost brings park sports revival". Blackpool Today News}}{{Dead link.
"Devonshire Junior School". Blackpool Council.

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