Editing Lytham St Annes (section)

===Fairhaven===
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}}Fairhaven is the district between Lytham and St Annes on the coastal side of the railway. It has been suggested it is named after Thomas Fair, the [[land agent]] for the Clifton estate. It is believed by other researchers that Thomas Riley named his Master Plan for Fairhaven after the Bible passage Acts 27 verse 8 referring to [[Acts of the Apostles|Paul's journey to Rome]]; many of the road names are connected to Paul and his journey.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Its main claim to fame is an artificial lake, known as Fairhaven Lake. In 1923 the new borough of Lytham St Annes was formed and subsequently purchased the lake with money quietly donated by Lord Ashton. In recognition of this, after extensive landscaping designed by T H Mawson, the lake was formally re-opened in 1926 and named Ashton Marine Park. After continuing confusion with Ashton Park in St Annes, in 1974 the name reverted to Fairhaven Lake. It is an important wildfowl habitat.

Its other famous landmark is the Fairhaven [[United Reformed Church]], which is of unusual design, being built in [[Byzantine]] style and faced with glazed white tiles, and commonly known as the White Church. Fairhaven contains the former [[King Edward VII and Queen Mary School]], which has now merged with [[Arnold School]] of Blackpool to become [[AKS Lytham]].

The sands and tidal mudflats of the area (the mouth of the [[River Ribble]]) are an important feeding area for wintering [[wader]]s. The [[RSPB]] operate a visitor centre from Fairhaven Lake to provide information and guided walks.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 2006 |title=The Ribble estuary |url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/projects/ribble/doing.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184836/http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/projects/ribble/doing.asp |archive-date=30 September 2007 |website=The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The lake has been flooded by the sea in the distant past but is now protected by a substantial sea defence wall.

Fairhaven occupies an area of former sand dunes previously known as Starr Hills, which extended as far as St Annes town centre along the southern side of the railway. The name Starr Hills is still used for a residential home named after the eponymous residence constructed in the 1860s for Richard Ansdell, which was transformed into a hospital during [[World War I]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amounderness.co.uk/lytham_&_fairhaven_-_tourist_info.html |title=Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire, News, Weather, Hotels, Guest Houses, Transport & Local History Resources – Lytham & Fairhaven – Tourist Info |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303145652/http://www.amounderness.co.uk/lytham_%26_fairhaven_-_tourist_info.html |archive-date=3 March 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://amounderness.co.uk/starr_hills_hospital,_ansdell,_1916.html |title=Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire – Local History – Starr Hills Hospital, Ansdell, 1916 |website=Amounderness.co.uk |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402121855/http://www.amounderness.co.uk/starr_hills_hospital,_ansdell,_1916.html |url-status=live }}</ref> before assuming its present use. The Fairhaven Estate was first laid out in 1892.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amounderness.co.uk/fairhaven_estate.html |title=Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire – Local History – Fairhaven Estate |website=Amounderness.co.uk |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426055809/http://amounderness.co.uk/fairhaven_estate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in 1895, the estate was divided into parcels of land which could be purchased or leased for residential development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amounderness.co.uk/fairhaven_estate_company_1895.html |title=Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire – Local History – Fairhaven Estate Company 1895 |website=Amounderness.co.uk |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307143358/http://www.amounderness.co.uk/fairhaven_estate_company_1895.html |url-status=live }}</ref>