Established in 1966 Lamaleach Park Estates is a large residential retirement park set in village location of Freckleton designed for retired and semi-retired home owners over the age of fifty.
The park is very spacious with plenty of recreational areas and a wooded aspect. There is a popular picturesque woodland walk by a stream which has park benches and bird watching areas.
There is also a thriving residents club where many activities are arranged.
They supply quality park homes from many of the established manufacturers i.e. Prestige and Stately- Albion. All new park homes come complete with all mains services connected, brick skirting and fully landscaped gardens and driveway.
Local shops including Family Butchers, Local Produce Greengrocers, Newsagents and Post Office within walking distance.
Hairdressers, SnipperClips, with over 30 years experience is on the site providing men and women hair cuts, nails, beauty care and make up.
There are several Community Clubs available including:
An onsite residents club where many activities including holidays, days out and bingo nights are arranged, A bowling club at the park in the village centre, Freckleton Angling Club is a private organisation aiming to provide top quality angling facilities around the village of Freckleton, Women's Institute Meetings held in the Freckleton Memorial Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of each month and Freckleton Cricket Club at the Bush Lane ground on a Tuesday or Thursday evening.
The local doctor’s surgery and pharmacy is a short walk – a quarter of a mile from the park entrance.
There are three village pubs two serving good food, the Ship Inn including a beer garden with far reaching views overlooking the Ribble Estuary and The Plough, a newly renovated pub and pizza kitchen with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, perfect for all the family.
The village has many health and beauty parlours including a chiropody and podiatry service, as well as a vet, village hall, church and several takeaways in the village catering for all with some shops delivering.
Every year in June the Freckleton community come together for Freckleton Club Day!
It consists of a parade around the village on the Saturday morning by the various church organisations, bands, schools, scouting association and May Queens. This is followed by a short service and presentation in the C of E School playground.
A fair is also held on the fields on Bush Lane. Various sporting activities are undertaken, both serious and for fun. The half marathon and Family Fun Run are held on the Sunday, as well as other fun sporting events.
The Freckleton Club Day is thought to have originated with the friendly societies in the early nineteenth century. The earliest documented mention appears in the proposals passed at a township meeting in May 1879 although it is thought festivities had already been going on for some twenty years.
The first Tuesday in December the village congregates around the Freckleton War Memorial for the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting, with the band and school children performing Christmas Carols and switching on the Tree Lights.
The fun continues in Freckleton Village Hall where the children can see Santa and Mince Pies, Biscuits and Hot Drinks are available.
Freckleton village is situated on the south Fylde near the junction of the Dow and Douglas rivers north of the Ribble. It existed in Roman times and the lake or pool here was probably used as a port to supply the fort at Kirkham a few miles north.What little remains of the Freckleton quay can be seen at low tide between the boat yard and Naze point at the end of the headland.
In the 1800’s Freckleton became an industrial village serving the ship building industry. Factories were established to make sail cloth and ropes. Most have now been demolished but some remains still exist, mostly in road names.
At one time there were seven public houses in the village. The Ship Inn, The Coach and Horses and The Plough Hotel are still serving food and drink today. The Mariners' Arms, Lamaleach Arms, the Bush Inn and the Cyclists' Arms are no longer in business.
Prior to 1920 when the current Preston road was built, Freckleton controlled the access to Lytham and St Annes via the toll road running across the marsh. The toll house still exists and can be seen on the left when approaching Freckleton from Preston. The raised ground that marks the route of the toll road can still be made out running across the marsh at the bottom end of Preston Old Road / Lower Lane.
During WW2 the Americans were based at Warton Aerodrome. The disaster that occurred when an aircraft crashed into the village school is still discussed today. The Freckleton Memorial Playing Fields, dedicated to the memory of those who died on the 23th August 1944, were reopened in April 1986.
Modern day Freckleton serves as a dormitory for employees of nearby BAE Systems at Warton and is a thriving community with a wide range of shops and businesses. The village still has a large dependency on agriculture.
LAMALEACH PARK ESTATES RESIDENTIAL PARK RULES
In these rules: ‘occupier’ means anyone who occupies a park home, whether under an Agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies or under a tenancy or any other agreement. ‘You’ and ‘your’ refers to the homeowner or other occupier of a park home. ‘We’ and ‘Our’ refers to the park owner.These rules are in place to ensure acceptable standards are maintained on the park, which will be of general benefit to occupiers. They form part of the Agreement by which homeowners occupy the pitch in accordance with the Mobile Homes Act 1983, as amended.
Public places and paths should not be littered in any way.
EXTERNAL DECORATION
Homeowners must maintain the outside of their park home in a clean and tidy condition. Where the exterior is repainted or recovered, homeowners must use reasonable endeavours not to depart from the original exterior colour scheme.
PITCHES
Private gardens must be kept neat and tidy. You must not erect fences or other means of enclosure unless they are of a size and type that have been given approval in writing by the site owner (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Fences and any other means of enclosure must be positioned so as to comply with the park’s site licence conditions and fire safety requirements.
STORAGE
Only one storage shed shall be permitted on each plot. Where you source the shed yourself the design, standard and size of the shed must be approved by us in writing (approval will not be withheld or delayed unreasonably). You must position the shed so as to comply with the park’s site licence and fire safety requirements. The footprint of the shed shall not exceed 8ft x 6ft (2.42m x 1.87m). You must ensure that any shed or other structure erected in the separation space between park homes is of non-combustible construction and positioned so as to comply with the park’s site licence conditions and fire safety requirements. The separation space is the space between your park home and any neighbouring home.
VEHICLES
You must drive all vehicles on the park with care and within the displayed speed limit. You must not park more than one vehicle on the park. Additional cars are not permitted without prior permission of the park owner. Parking is not permitted on the roads or grass verges. You must not park anywhere except in the permitted parking spaces.
Other than for delivering goods and services, you must not park or allow parking of commercial vehicles of any sort on the park, including:
Light commercial or light goods vehicles as described in the vehicle taxation legislation and it is not permitted to park vehicles such as motorhomes, touring caravans etc. on your plot except by prior permission granted by the park owner.
Disused or un-roadworthy vehicles must not be kept anywhere on the park. We reserve the right to remove any vehicle which is apparently abandoned.
It is not permitted to carry out the following works or repairs on the park:
(a) major vehicles repairs involving dismantling of part(s) of the engine
(b) works which involve the removal of oil or other fuels
REFUSE
You are responsible for the disposal of all household, recyclable and garden waste in approved containers through the local authority service. You must not have external fires, including incinerators.
PETS
Not more than one dog or one domestic cat per home (other than any of the breeds subject to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which are not permitted at all). You must keep any dog or cat under proper control and you must not permit it to frighten other users of the park. You must keep any dog on a leash not exceeding 1m in length and must not allow it to despoil the park. Existing pets must not be replaced without prior permission from the park owner – with the exception of guide dogs.
AGE OF OCCUPANTS
No person under the age of 50 years may reside in a park home. The park owner reserves the right to accept semi-retired or retired persons over the age of 50 only when granting consent to sell or assign in situ.
Occupiers will be held responsible at all times for the conduct of their visitors including grandchildren who shall not be permitted to play around any public building, on the car parks or in the area of the entrance of the park.
Home owners are responsible for ensuring that a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector be fitted and maintained in full working order and electrical, sold fuel, oil and gas installations comply at all times with the various statutory requirements and that any work must be carried out by a fully qualified tradesman.
