Fairhaven
Suburb · 413 residents
80Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Food & drink scores 89, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 48 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 74, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 16% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Fairhaven
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Fairhaven a good place to live?
Fairhaven scores 80/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (89) and safety (75).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Fairhaven in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Fairhaven
Fairhaven's streets tell you this is a retirement-heavy pocket of the Fylde coast before you've read a single figure: low-rise blocks of flats, a lot of leasehold, and a resident population that skews well past middle age. It's not a place with a buzzing high street reputation — it's quieter than that, built around comfort rather than churn.
The numbers back up what you'd sense walking round: a median age of 58.6 against a national figure closer to 40, and a population density that's actually a touch below both regional and national averages despite the flats-heavy housing stock. This is a settled, owner-occupier-adjacent (if leasehold) community rather than a young-professional commuter belt. That said, Ansdell & Fairhaven Rail Station puts you on the coastal line, so it's not cut off — it's just not obviously oriented around getting to a city each morning. AKS Lytham and St Anne's College Grammar School sit in the area as independent options, which tells you something about the tone of the place even without Ofsted ratings attached to them: this is the sort of suburb where private schooling is a live option for the families who are here, even if most residents are well past school-run age.
On property, the story is almost entirely about flats: 29 of the 47 recent sales, against just 10 semi-detached and 6 detached, and leasehold accounts for 45 of 47 transactions. A "For Sale" board here is overwhelmingly likely to be on a flat, not a house — and it's a relatively affordable one, with a median sale price of £210,000, sitting below the national median and roughly 9% below the wider Fylde district figure. Interestingly, semi-detached homes locally fetch well above the national semi-detached median, while flats sell for less than the national flat price — so the more traditional houses that do exist here carry a premium precisely because they're scarce. Council tax at band D-equivalent levels and decile 8 for deprivation put this among the more comfortable, less deprived corners of the country, without being an expensive one.