Thornton-Cleveleys is a
conurbation
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consisting of the village of
Thornton and the town of
Cleveleys
Cleveleys is a town on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about north of Blackpool and south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre. With its neighbouring settlement of Thornton, Cleveleys was part of the former urban distric ...
. The two settlements formed a joint
urban district
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Specific urban districts in some countries include:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Districts of Germa ...
from 1927 until 1974, before becoming part of
Wyre.
Political geography
The
civil parish
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of Thornton became an
urban district
An urban district is a division generally managed by a local government. It may also refer to a city district, district, urban area or quarter
Specific urban districts in some countries include:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Districts of Germa ...
in 1900, and was then renamed Thornton-Cleveleys in 1927.
Thornton-Cleveleys UD Lancashire through time , Administrative history of Local Government District: hierarchies, boundaries
/ref> On 1 April 1974 the urban district became part of the Borough of Wyre. Thornton-Cleveleys corresponds with five wards of the borough.
According to the 2001 census Thornton-Cleveleys has a population of 25,547, increasing to 28,703 at the 2011 census. The population of the individual borough council wards was recorded as:
*Bourne: 6,121 (2011 = 6,676)
*Cleveleys Park: 5,994 (2011 = 5,940)
*Jubilee: 4,186 (2011 = 4,025)
*Stanah: 5,267 (2011 = 6,111)
*Victoria: 5,851 (2011 = 5,951)
See also
* Listed buildings in Thornton-Cleveleys
References
{{Borough of Wyre
Unparished areas in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of Wyre
The Fylde