Editing Cleveleys (section)

==History==
At the start of the [[Second World War]], several departments of the [[Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance|Ministry of Pensions]], the [[Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Education]] and the [[Board of Trade]] were moved to the Cleveleys area. Some were housed in the [[Rossall School]] briefly.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/how-blackpool-helped-britain-win-the-war-1-6376036|title=How Blackpool helped Britain win the war|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en}}</ref> An extensive site was developed for the Ministry of Pensions in the Norcross section of [[Carleton, Lancashire|Carleton]] and all the government departments moved out in 1940.

On 1 February 2008, the ''[[MS Riverdance]]'' ferry, while undertaking a regular sailing from [[Northern Ireland]] to [[Heysham]] under severe stormy conditions, ran aground on Anchorsholme beach, close to the boundary with Cleveleys <ref>{{cite news|title = BBC News report|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7226523.stm|access-date = 2008-02-05 | date=2008-02-04}}</ref>