City Information: Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England . The town itself is on a peninsula and bounded to the west by the Irish Sea, to the north by Morecambe Bay , and to the east by the River Wyre. The town's most prominent feature is The Mount - a seven-acre park facing the sea-front and Fleetwood Pier is one of the shortest piers in the country. By the 1920s, the fishing industry was at its height was a prominent deep-sea fishing port employing over 9,000 people has undergone economic difficulties since the 1970s. Still it remains a seaside resort, serving as a quiet contrast to nearby Blackpool . |