Look around Marine Hall Gardens

You’ll find the Marine Hall Gardens opposite The Mount on Fleetwood seafront at The Esplanade. It’s a beautiful spot, a contemporary English marine garden in a tranquil setting.

If you like a quiet life, a stroll and an ice cream, then this is the place for you. The grounds are free to explore. Walk the paths and admire the plants, wildlife and views.

Join us for a stroll around the gardens, filmed in September 2020 –

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What you’ll find in Marine Hall Gardens…

It’s a space that’s a popular place, for community events, meeting up and just a gentle stroll.

There’s a water fountain feature (above) to admire or splash in if the weather’s hot enough! It’s 18 jets shoot water at different heights into the air to create a range of effects. The water’s automatically treated and circulated, to keep it clean with minimum loss.

Around the water feature and elsewhere in the gardens, you’ll see beach-type grasses and planting. A seating area provides elevated views across the gardens. Dotted around are large, smooth pebble seats. Fleetwood’s rugged strandline inspires their design.

Bowling Greens

The Gardens are also home to beautifully maintained bowling greens. There’s a strong community of Crown Green Bowlers here on the Fylde Coast and they enjoy using the greens. Where else can you bowl so close to the sea!

Facilities

At its seaward side, there’s a beachfront path around the Marine Hall, adjoining the great big, clean Marine Beach.

Join us for another stroll around the seaward side of the Marine Hall – on a lovely summer day!

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Cafe, Snacks and Drinks

There’s a cafe and ice cream kiosk which serves refreshments for you to enjoy in the gardens or on the seafront.

Free Parking

There’s plenty of free parking, both in the Marine Hall car park and along the main road at The Esplanade. To the left of the bowling greens there is further free parking next to the kite club.

Public Toilets

Public toilets are situated between the Marine Hall and the YMCA. Head straight forward as if to the beach to find them on your left. You can just see the toilet block at the very right hand side of the next photo – behind the lamp post!

Beach Huts

Marine Beach is also where you’ll find Fleetwood’s two different types of beach huts. There are new, modern huts built into the colonnades at Marine Hall. A little further along are the pretty pastel traditional huts.

Restoration of the Dome at Marine Hall

In early 2017 the beautiful stained glass dome of the Marine Hall was once again visible, after full restoration.

Removing the external protection makes the lovely colours light the inside of the Hall with all their colours. The dome was covered over in World War Two to protect it from aerial attack.

More about Marine Hall Gardens

The Marine Hall and Gardens were first opened in 1935 as an entertainment venue.

Did you know? On 25 August 1962 the Beatles played at Marine Hall.

This photo shows the view from the top of The Mount, taken in 1909. The bowling greens are in place, and some of the gardens.

Would you say that this photo dates back to the early 1980’s?

Transformation of Marine Hall Gardens

The gardens underwent a transformation in 2011 to create a new space for the future. External works to the building included repainting it and repairs.

Wyre Council secured funding through the Sea Change programme. The aim of which is to regenerate seaside towns through arts and attractions. The Lofthouse family, makers of the famous Fisherman’s Friend, also made a generous donation.

An initial programme of public consultation involved local people to find out how they used already used the space. Plus what they thought about its development for the future. Then work began in the summer of 2011.

Works completed in Spring 2012, with a new multi-use performance space at the front of the Marine Hall. Take a look at these photos from during the works –