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Taken by Brian Hornby Location taken from Lancashire County Council Mario maps OS First Edition 1:10,000 with a Aerial over lay
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Please see [[[75342]]] for details about the fire station.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>Please see [[[75342]]] for details about the fire station.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>A one-engine fire station at Medlar-with-Wesham, which forms part of the Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service. Before the war there two fire stations covering the area, one in Moor Street Kirkham and one at Derby Road Wesham, each being run by separate local authorities. The station area covers approx 14,394 hectares with a population of 25,454. The major fire risks are Her Majesties Prison at Kirkham, the Army Camp at Weeton, the remaining parts of Wesham Park Hospital, Kirkham Grammar School and Fox’s Biscuits. The station opened operationally on Friday 4 October 1991. The fire appliance is a Leyland Pump Ladder.
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>A lovely historic church on Fleetwood Road, Wesham. A beautiful building and still an active church.
©Martin Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>Christ Church, on Garstang Road North, was founded in 1894.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Church of England parish church, Christ Church, is a Grade II listed building and was founded in 1894.
©Martin Evans
Dist:0.6km<br/>Bradkirk Hall and the Bradkirk area is the site of the old brick works for the area, the old road from Wesham the Bradkirk used to be called Bloody Bradkirk Road because the local gibbet was situated on it. The hall is now a farm.
©Keith Wright
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©David Dixon
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>Wesham old fire station, Garstang Road South, Wesham, Lancashire, has been replaced by the new station on Fleetwood Road [[75342]]
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