Memorial Benches

You can never have too many spaces to sit, particularly in a place like Cleveleys with so many fantastic views to enjoy. Many people like to remember their loved ones with Memorial Benches.

Memorial Benches

Wyre Council runs a memorial bench scheme in Cleveleys where you can buy and dedicate a seat. Most of them are at Rossall Beach in Cleveleys – where they line the seafront between the Cafe and the Five Bar Gate.

Made from recycled plastics, the benches are weather proof, maintenance free and designed to wear well in the harsh conditions. Benches can be sited in your choice of position (in approved sites) and come complete with a plaque and inscription of your choice.

The cost of a commemorative bench at Cleveleys, including plaque and installation, is upwards of £500. For more details email alison.webster@wyre.gov.uk

There are a variety of different other options available, including plaques on existing benches, at different prices. For more details please contact Alison.

Wyre Council only installs memorials along the sea front at Fleetwood and to the boundary with Blackpool at Cleveleys. The frontage at Knott End does not form part of Wyre Council land. You can contact the Environment Agency or Lancashire Council for more details of benches there. For the Environment Agency ring 03708 506 506 and the contact number for LCC is 0300 123 6701.

Remembering Loved Ones

If you’re around the seafront and beach often enough you might have seen families saying goodbye to their loved ones. The touching sight of people having their own private memorial service is often seen on the beach and shoreline. Small family groups will say a few words then scatter ashes and lay a few flowers.

By all means say goodbye to your loved ones and enjoy the peaceful surroundings. But please don’t include anything man-made in your tribute, especially balloons. Balloon releases result in pieces of discarded latex in the sea. Animals and fish eat them, mistaking them for jellyfish, and it can cause them to choke or die of starvation. The string entwines around marine life and seabirds. Unwrapped flowers, bubbles or natural confetti are best as they will disappear to nothing.

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Poppy Corner

You might have noticed some other memorial benches in Cleveleys. They’re at what’s affectionately known as Poppy Corner, near the main junction with the tramway, opposite Specsavers.

In the absence of an official Cleveleys War Memorial, these wrought iron benches pay tribute to the fallen. Find out more here