Fleetwood, St Nicholas

The parish church of St Nicholas, Fleetwood, stands at the junction of Broadway and Highbury Avenue. It is the third church dedicated to St Nicholas in the town. The first, a mission church built near the tram tracks, was washed away in the floods of 1927. Part of the second survives next to the present church as the scout hut.

The foundation stone of the present building was laid in 1960 and the church dedicated for public worship in 1962. It was designed by the eminent church architect Laurence King to reflect the seafaring aspects of the town and patron saint, and to be suitable for Anglo-Catholic worship. Inside the building resembles the upturned keel of a boat with large roof timbers and unusual brick arches.

Among the fittings and fixtures in the church designed by the architect are large painted wooden figures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas on either side of the chancel arch and a Christux Rex in the Lady Chapel. The grey colour of the limed oak woodwork is supplemented by blue and gold in the nave sanctuary and red and gold in the Lady Chapel sanctuary.

Although unfinished, the church is an outstanding example of 20th century church architecture.

Opening Times
Sunday, 2 - 4pm

Telephone: 01253 874 402

Service Times

Sunday	8am	Mass
	9.30am	Sung Mass
	12noon	Mass
Tuesday	2pm	Mass
Wednesday	9.30am	Mass
Thursday	7pm	Mass
Friday	12noon	Mass
Saturday	10am	Mass