Fylde

British

/ faɪld /

noun

a region in NW England in Lancashire between the Wyre and Ribble estuaries

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His comments come despite Lancashire County Council previously saying conditions on the Fylde Coast were "not conducive to fracking".

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

A site off Preston New Road in Fylde became the focus of a semi-permanent protest after the government gave the green light for test drilling by energy firm Cuadrilla in October 2016.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

The Fylde MP was suspended by the party last week after being accused of using party money to pay off "bad people".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2024

Energy firm Cuadrilla has been told it must plug its two shale gas wells on land on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire by the end of next year.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

In visiting one of these small meetings, John Yeardley relates a circumstance in the gospel labors of his friend Joseph Wood:-- We visited a little newly-settled meeting at Thornton Marsh, near Poulton in the Fylde.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John

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