Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Armfield Academy is the nearest published school at 359 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
FY4 2DR
Squires Gate · Blackpool · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Squires Gate
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Postcode district
- FY4
- Postcode sector
- FY4 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- FY4 2DR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- FY
- Postcode district
- FY4
- Postcode sector
- FY4 2
- Latitude
- 53.786980
- Longitude
- -3.044210
- British National Grid easting
- 331,300
- British National Grid northing
- 432,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackpool · E06000009
- Electoral ward
- Squires Gate · E05015200
- Parish or community
- E43000009
- Westminster constituency
- Blackpool South · E14001105
- Output area
- E00064173
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackpool 017B · E01012728
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackpool 017 · E02002649
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore FY4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 4
- 359 m
Armfield Academy
Free schools
- 460 m
Roseacre Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 712 m
Thames Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,134
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,746
- Anti social behaviour 743
- Criminal damage and arson 312
- Other theft 265
- Public order 245
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- FY4 2 residents
- 7,853
Age bands in FY4 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 24%
1,347 residents
859 residents
1,960 residents
2,410 residents
2,077 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
ARNOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
204 ST. ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EF
ODS code P81081
507 m
HIGHFIELD SURGERY
SOUTH SHORE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TJ
ODS code P81074
654 m
STONYHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
SOUTH SHORE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYTHAM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1TJ
ODS code P81159
654 m
ABBEY DALE MEDICAL CENTRE
50 COMMON EDGE ROAD, MARTON, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5AU
ODS code P81714
1.3 km
WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
178 WATERLOO ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3AD
ODS code P81016
1.4 km
BLOOMFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
118-120 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JW
ODS code P81115
1.9 km
GP LED HEALTH CENTRE
OPEN ACCESS GP SURGERY, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9ES
ODS code Y02854
2.9 km
MARTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
WHITEGATE HEALTH CENTRE, WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9ES
ODS code P81054
2.9 km
SOUTH KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 25 SOUTH KING STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4NF
ODS code P81043
3.3 km
PARCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE
ST ANNES HEALTH CENTRE, DURHAM AVENUE, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, FY8 2EP
ODS code P81150
3.7 km
POPLAR HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM AVENUE, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, FY8 2EP
ODS code P81031
3.7 km
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
61 ELIZABETH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3JG
ODS code P81042
3.8 km
LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
200 KINGSCOTE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7EN
ODS code P81066
4.6 km
ST PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE
DICKSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2HH
ODS code P81063
4.7 km
NEWTON DRIVE HEALTH CENTRE
NEWTON DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 8NX
ODS code P81172
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Abbey Road
BCT · Farmers Arms
- 0.1 miles
Orchard Avenue
BCT · Farmers Arms
- 0.1 miles
Abbey Road
BCT · Fishers Field
- 0.1 miles
Horncliffe Road
BCT · South Shore
- 0.1 miles
Farmer's Arms
BCT · Farmers Arms
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackpool 017B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,117 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,134 published events cover 12 months, averaging 344.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,746 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.