Coordinates: 53°46′35″N 2°54′51″W / 53.7765°N 2.9143°W
| Wrea Green | |
  Wrea Green
Wrea Green shown within Lancashire |
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| Population | 1,600 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Fylde |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PRESTON |
| Postcode district | PR4 2 |
| Dialling code | 01772 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Fylde |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Wrea Green is a village in the Fylde borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about 2 miles west of Kirkham. The correct parish name is Ribby with Wrea [1]
Wrea Green has approximately 1600 residents many of whom work at the nearby Warton Aerodrome 2 miles away, where BAE Systems is a major local employer. Uniquely for the Fylde Coast, Wrea Green, as described by its name, surrounds a large common land space at one side of which is a Duck Pond, commonly known as 'The Dub'.
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History
A part of the village of Wrea Green (actually as a separate hamlet) existed before the time of the Domesday Book, with the name of Ricksby.[citation needed] The name was changed along the way to Rigbi. In this guise it was mentioned in Domesday, as was the Neighbouring Hamlet of Wra (which became Wray). The name of the village eventually, through mis-spellings and a growing population became Ribby with Wray.[citation needed] As there was already a Wray in the county of Lancaster (Lune Valley) the spelling of the village name was changed to Wrea. As the village has the largest village green in the county and to distinguish it further from the other Wray, the name "Wrea Green" was born.
Between 1846 and 1961, the village was served by Wrea Green railway station. A collection of old photographs of the village may be found at the Lytham Online website.
The property at the northern end of Church Row was for many years the office of J. Wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Ltd but before this was a sub-branch of the District Bank Ltd.
Local Businesses
In Wrea Green, there are quite a few small businesses/eating places. Some of these are:
- Spar / Post Office
- Dizzy Ducks Cafe
- Thai Restaurant
- The Villa (pub, restaurant and hotel) [1]
- The Grapes (pub-restaurant)
- Private Dentist Surgery
- Daju Hair Salon
- The Institute (pub)
- Ribby Hall Village (holiday, hotel and conference centre) [2]
- For many years the village was the home of the steel farm-building construction company J. Wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Ltd before its recent re-location to a larger site in Westby, north of Wrea Green.
Field Day
Wrea Green Field Day, or Club Day, is a large festival held in Wrea Green including a fancy-dress parade, special event, a three-day visit by a large travelling fair and special stalls on the village Green. Local children/teenagers are involved in the parade around the Green and the highlight of the day is the de-crowning of the previous Queen, the "Retiring Queen" (from the year before) and the crowning of a new Queen, the "Rose Queen". People with some local promenence usually crown the Queens, for example, the head teacher of the primary school in 2006 etc.
The Primary School
The school - Ribby-with-Wrea Endowed C.E. - was founded by James Thistleton in 1693. A second school was founded by Nicholas Sharples in 1715. The two trusts were united in 1750. It moved to the current site in 1845, when the church - St Nicholas [2] - replaced the Sharples school. The oldest part of the present school building dates from 1898.
Twin Towns
Since November 2005 the village has been twinned the small picturesque French village of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux in Burgundy. A delegation of Wrea Green residents travelled to St Bris to make the twinning official, but the first large exchange came when, at Easter 2006, 43 French came to stay in Wrea Green. After the major success of July 2007's trip to France by 40 Wrea Green residents, a return exchange took place in August 2008, when a similar number of French guests came to the UK.
Another exchange is planned for the summer of 2009, beginning the weekend of July 24, when another delegation of Wrea Green residents will visit their St Bris hosts.
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