Layton, Blackpool

Located roughly in Blackpool's geographical centre (although some distance from the coastal business district), Layton accounts for a relatively large part of the town's total area. Layton is bounded by the districts of Bispham (to the north), Whitegate (to the west), Grange Park (to the east) and Marton (to the south). Most of the land in this area is flat, apart from a single hill in the northeast corner.

Layton with Warbreck was historically one of two townships in the parish of Bispham. The township included the nascent town of Blackpool within its boundaries, and in 1851 the township was made a Local Board of Health District.{{London Gazette|issue=21259|page=2869|date=4 November 1851}} From 1866 the township also became a civil parish. The local board was renamed Blackpool in 1868 and the district was made a municipal borough in 1876.{{cite book |last1=Cunningham Glen |first1=W. |title=The Law relating to Public Health and Local Government |date=1869 |publisher=Butterworths |location=London |page=746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjFLAAAAcAAJ |access-date=22 October 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Farrer |first1=William |last2=Brownbill |first2=J. |title=A History of the County of Lancaster |date=1912 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |pages=247–251 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol7/pp247-251#anchorn43 |access-date=22 October 2023}} The name of the civil parish remained Layton with Warbreck until 1894 when it was renamed Blackpool.{{cite web |title=Layton with Warbreck Township / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369605#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=23 October 2023}}{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1895 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFIwAQAAMAAJ |access-date=23 October 2023}}

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The north of Layton has one of Blackpool's main concentrations of shops and other businesses outside the town centre. In this area, there is also a library and several churches and public houses. Layton also has several small parks and a number of bowling greens. The main fire station for Blackpool is at the south of the district. Kingscote Park is the second largest park in Blackpool,{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/News/2005/Apr/Kingscote_Park_Takes_A_Bite_Of_The_Big_Apple.htm|title=Kingscote Park takes a bite of the Big Apple|publisher=Blackpool Council}} and the largest park within Layton itself.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID=1946402|title=Cash boost brings park sports revival|publisher=Blackpool Today News}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Layton Cemetery is the largest in the area. Established during the town's Victorian expansion, it has a small Judaic burial area.

Layton railway station (formerly Bispham railway station) in Bispham Road is on the line to Blackpool North.

Five schools are located within the district:

• St Mary's Catholic Academy
• Blackpool Aspire Academy
• Layton Primary School
• Devonshire Primary Academy, which has been rebuilt after the original building was destroyed by a fire.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/News/2003/Sep/Devonshire_Junior_School.htm|title=Devonshire Junior School|publisher=Blackpool Council}}
• Christ the King RC primary school

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