Layton railway station

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Layton (formerly Bispham) is a railway station that serves the Blackpool suburbs of Layton and Bispham, in Lancashire, England. It is a stop on the northern Blackpool branch line. It is managed by Northern Trains and is unstaffed.

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Unity Academy Blackpool

Unity Academy Blackpool is a mixed all-through school with academy status, located in the Warbreck area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is situated on Warbreck Hill Road and is near Layton railway station. It educates pupils aged 3 to 16. The school was originally an institution named Harry Wilkinson High School. In 2000 it became co-educational and was renamed Beacon Hill School. Under the Building Schools for the Future programme in 2010 it was planned to merge with nearby Bispham High School, however this was cancelled and in March 2010 the school was renamed Unity College. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2013, sponsored by the Fylde Coast Academy Trust.

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St Mark's Church, Blackpool

The Parish Church of St. Mark, Layton, Lancashire, England was built in 1927. The building is home to a Church of England Christian community. St.Mark's is a young church compared to many other churches, but has close links with local history because Layton Village was mentioned in the Norman Era 1066-1154 AD.

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Layton cemetery

Layton cemetery is a graveyard located at Talbot Road in Blackpool, Lancashire in England. It was opened in 1873 when Blackpool parish church was replete with burying. The site encompasses 30 acres, having been regularly expanded during its history. It is administered by Blackpool Council. A number of memorials in the cemetery are executed in Portland stone. The cemetery was designed and laid out by Garlick, Park and Sykes, architects of Preston. Originally there were three mortuary chapels, Anglican, Catholic and Non-Conformist, but only the Anglican remains. The lodge at the entrance is now used as the cemetery office, situated to the right of the main gates on Talbot Road, it is currently occupied by the friends group, although originally it is where John Wray, the Superintendent & registrar, resided with his wife and their brood of children. Records show that by 1891 eleven people dwelled within the bijou cottage! He recorded burials, exhumations and unusual incidents in copper-plate handwriting from within his office which was also situated inside the lodge. The original part of the cemetery was surrounded a stone wall, topped with iron railings with a double iron gate at the entrance. These structures are extant. A World War I memorial is centrally situated. In the 1930s, the cemetery was rapidly nearing capacity and therefore a new cemetery and crematorium were opened, known as Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery. Layton Cemetery is now replete but interments are permitted in existing graves.

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Bispham High School Arts College

Bispham High School Arts College was a secondary school situated in Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, with a mixed intake of both boys and girls aged 11–16. It was replaced with Blackpool Aspire Academy in 2014.

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Blackpool Sixth Form College

The Blackpool Sixth Form College is a co-educational state funded sixth form college serving the Fylde and surrounding areas in Lancashire, England. The college has around 2,000 full-time students. It offers academic and applied programmes to a wide range of students aged between 16 and 19.

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History

The railway line to Blackpool North, which was originally a branch from the line between Preston and Fleetwood, was opened by the Preston and Wyre Railway (PWR) on 29 April 1846. The PWR was taken over jointly by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1849; its title was amended to Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (PWJR). When the station at Layton was opened by the PWJR in May 1867, it was named Bispham. It was renamed Layton (Lancs) on 4 July 1938. Prior to and during World War II, the station had extensive sidings for goods wagons. Some served the Crossley Bros sawmill which occupied the site of today's retail development, and others served the borough council's transport depot on Depot Road. A new overbridge was opened to the public on 15 July 2011.

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The station's ticket office was closed in May 1994. Now unstaffed, it has a digital information screen to supply train running information. There is a 23 space car park and bicycle storage. Step-free access is available to the two platforms.