Euston Hotel and Gardens

The North Euston Hotel and Euston Gardens are located on The Esplanade, FY7 6BN, in a commanding position looking over the historic seafront. The What3Words reference for the hotel is alienated.paramedic.noon. For the gardens it’s changing.custodian.creatures.

Euston Hotel

See the building pictured above as it appears today, and below some historic scenes from over the years.

History of the North Euston Hotel and Gardens

Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood commissioned and paid for The North Euston Hotel. Foremost London architect of the day, Decimus Burton designed it to be a focal point in the town. The hotel’s name derives from the time when travellers from London Euston to Scotland could only get a train as far as Fleetwood. Then they had to catch a boat to Ardrossan.

Opening in 1841, it’s considered by many to be Fleetwood’s crown jewel. The fine curved building stretches approximately 274 metres and has a covered entrance with four fluted Roman Doric columns.

From 1867 to 1897 the rear of the hotel served as the North Euston Barracks. The Drummond Company built the large three storey barrack blocks, including officer’s quarters. A school of musketry was also located in the area.

A large bath house, on the site of the present Family Hearing Centre, provided swimming facilities for visitors from the early 1840’s. There was also a jetty (where the pier used to be) for the use of hotel guests. All these things were demolished before 1900. In the 1890s a group of London businessmen bought the property and converted it back into a hotel. They added a second floor of bedrooms, making the building the size it is today.

The North Euston Hotel in modern times

In 2004 it was sold to Elizabeth hotels and the North Euston soon became the flagship in the company. Many refurbishments were promised, but nothing ever happened. The company went into administration in November 2009. Paul and Fiona Spearman, a local family, bought the hotel and are restoring the building to its former glory. Grade II listed, the building is protected by English Heritage.

Euston Gardens, near the Hotel, allowed hotel guests to take in the seaside air and views across Morecambe Bay to the Lake District. The Gardens’ modern stone benches remember lives lost at sea, transport, and Queen Victoria’s 1847 visit to Fleetwood. There’ i’s also a modern statue of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood. The water fountain and the stone obelisk are memorials to James Abrams and George Greenall. They attempted to rescue seafarers during The Great Storm of November 1890.

Reasons for plaque award

The Euston Hotel and the Euston Gardens are both designed by Decimus Burton as part of his vision for the new Town of Fleetwood. Travellers arriving from Euston station in London used the hotel and gardens as places for rest and relaxation as they waited for the steamer to take them to Ardrossan in Scotland.

Use the map and walk the route around Fleetwood – find all the other sites and buildings in the trail.

Colouring in Fleetwood

Why don’t you download, print out and complete this FREE colouring in sheet of the North Euston Hotel. Click on the image to download it. Find all of the colouring in sheets for the Fleetwood Blue Plaque trail here.

Links to other websites

• More about the Euston Gardens at Fleetwood Seafront • look around with Visit Fleetwood
• North Euston Hotel • Wikipedia
• A journey through the history of the North Euston • blackpoolgazette.co.uk
• NORTH EUSTON HOTEL, Fleetwood – 1362181 • Historic England
• Euston Gardens and park • Wyre Council
• Euston Gardens • Broadbent Studio