Dalmeny, Lytham St Anne's

St Annes NOT Lytham

Advantages: lovely
Disadvantages: rubbish when it rains

Before I start there is one thing I need to get straight Lytham and St Annes are two different places with 2 different town centres and I am reviewing St Annes and not Lytham. (ok it is now a single borough but the people that live in these places see them as separate towns) If you put either St Annes or Lytham into google etc you will get information on both Lytham and St Annes The full name is St Annes-On-the-Sea which is shortened to St Annes . A Bit of History Colonal Clifton the squire of Lytham wanted to develop the area known as 'West End' (That part is now St Annes) All there was in 1870 was Dunes, a railway from Blackpool to Lytham and some farms and cottages that paid rent to the Clifton's. They had seen the good of Lytham as a resort so saw the dunes as somewhere they ...

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A little gem in the shadow of the Tower and the Big one

Advantages: Very pleasant, relaxing and lots to do
Disadvantages: Not much night life if that's what you like

I must be one of the only people who can't stand Blackpool - I find it tacky, noisy, expensive, a nightmare to park and I hate having to go. We live fairly close to Blackpool (about 30 minutes away) and have a son who is always wanting to go to the Pleasure Beach there - when we do take him , we drop him off amidst the crowds of girls in pink t-shirts with smutty slogans on and we spend our time at the much nicer Lytham St Annes - just a few minutes up the coast. Lytham St Annes is actually a combination of Lytham, St Annes ( proper name St Annes on Sea), Ansdell and Fairhaven and is situated just three miles south of Blackpool. In complete contrast to Blackpool this is a far more relaxed area where you can enjoy peaceful parks, beautiful gardens and admire some beautiful buildings. The population of this area tends to be ...

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A quieter coastal holiday experience

Advantages: A wonderful quiet seaside destination
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too quiet for teenagers

Lytham St Annes Perhaps it?s because I live in Lancashire, or perhaps it?s just because Lytham Saint Annes is a seaside resort, but I think the area is wonderful. I hope you agree as I go through the key selling points of this interesting location. The Past Lytham Saint Annes is really two towns on the Fylde Coast in the western Lancashire coastal plain. Situated at the mouth of the River Ribble, which is one of North West England?s largest rivers, the settlements have a long history. They pre-date their much larger and better known neighbour of Blackpool which is just up the coast to the north. Lytham is considered to have first been settled by the Anglo Saxons in about 600 AD and up until the seventeenth century it was a fairly small and isolated community. In 1606 the Clifton family came into possession of Lytham ...

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