Fleetwood's Welcome Home monument. The text on the plaque reads

'Welcome Home' is erected as a tribute to the families of Fleetwood Fishermen who have down the years shared the dangers and uncertainties of the industry. Around this spot families have gathered for generations to 'Welcome Home' their menfolk from the sea.

The monument stands on the promenade looking across the Wyre channel towards Great Knott. At one time it was a common site to see families gathering to wave off their loved ones as the outbound trawlers sailed past. In the days of steam the booming of steam whistles could be heard all over town as the skippers acknowledged their waving friends and relatives. They never spoke of it but they all knew that it could be the last time that they ever saw each other.

The Welcome Home monument is provided by Fisherman's Friend makers of the famous lozenges, and the Wyre Borough Council.
It was designed and sculpted by Anita Lafford

Fleetwood's Memorial to the fishing Industry. The memorial is constructed from the fishing equipment that was found aboard trawlers, fairleads, gallows and Otter doors. The plaque reads...

Past this place, the fishermen of Fleetwood have sailed for generations, while their families watched from the shore. Their courage and comradeship under hardship is a living legend. This memorial depicting equipment from a trawler, was placed here in recognition of the great contribution which the men and women of the fishing community have made to fleetwood.

The inscription goes on to list the ships lost from the port. To this list must be added the vessels that were lost but without loss of life.......The next time that you are tempted to complain about the price of fish, remember the true cost of what you are buying.

A view down the twisting Wyre channel from the promenade. At Knott Gulf the kink caused by the river flowing between Great Knott, on the edge of Preesall Sands, and Black Scar, on North Wharf Bank, has caused more than one inbound trawler to end up aground close to the pier in poor visibility.

The lighthouse in Pharos Street was one of two built by the famous architect Decimus Burton who was a close friend of Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, the founder of the town. Looming over the houses it has guided many a vessel down the channel

The second of Burton's lighthouses. This is on the promenade. Vessels rounding Wyre Light (at the entrance to the channel and now burned out) would align the beams of the two lighthouses vertically. Once this was achieved, they knew that the were lined up in the main part of the channel.

The tricky channel into the Wyre Dock. There has been considerable building up of the seaward end of Kirk Scar, known locally as the Tiger's Tail. This sandbank, totally submerged at high water, has caught out many an unwary skipper.