Lytham St Anne's
Town · 43,111 residents
76Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 61% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 79 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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 Lytham St Anne's
Ansdell67Saltcotes79Lytham84St. Annes59Fairhaven80Marton Fold47Great Marton Moss48Stony Hill58Peel Hill66Common Edge48Hey HousesHigher Ballam
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Is Lytham St Anne's a good place to live?
Lytham St Anne's scores 76/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (80) and safety (70).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Lytham St Anne's in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Lytham St Anne's
Bay-fronted terraces, wide Victorian avenues, and a promenade that fills with dog-walkers and pram-pushers rather than day-trippers — Lytham St Anne's has the settled, well-kept look of a seaside town that people move to on purpose rather than pass through. The average age here nudges 54, well above the national norm, and you feel that in the pace: this is not a town built around a nightlife strip, though the grade for it is surprisingly strong, more a reflection of good restaurants and traditional pubs than late bars.
Getting around is one of the area's quiet strengths — Lytham, St Annes-on-the-Sea and Ansdell & Fairhaven stations between them mean most people are never far from a train, useful for Preston or Manchester commutes without needing a car for everything, backed up by a dense local bus network. Schools are a genuine draw: the area's average Ofsted rating sits comfortably ahead of both regional and national averages, and Lytham Hall Park Primary carries the Outstanding badge locally, alongside well-regarded independents like AKS Lytham for families who want that option. The property market tells its own story — flats and leasehold sales dominate, with detached and semi-detached homes filling out the avenues further back from the front, and at a median price around £249,000 this sits close to the national middle but a touch above the wider Fylde district, so a For Sale board here usually means a period conversion or a purpose-built flat rather than a new-build estate — new-build makes up essentially none of recent sales.