Village

Thornton

Located in Wyre District, Lancashire Coordinates: 53°52′00″ N 3°01′00″ W

Brucejohnson.lancs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 8 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport60 km; MAN Manchester Airport75 km

About Thornton

Thornton is a village. Location: Wyre District, Lancashire. Elevation: 8 m.

From Wikipedia

Thornton is a village in the Borough of Wyre, about 4 miles (6 km) north of Blackpool and 2 miles (3 km) south of Fleetwood. The civil parish of Thornton became an urban district in 1900, and was renamed Thornton-Cleveleys in 1927. In 2011, the Thornton built-up area sub division had a population of 18,941.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photos of Thornton

Highbury Stadium Tangerines at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Bloomfield Road Toby Sedgwick · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Thornton

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 116 mm

Hottest month: August (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: October (118 mm)
Driest month: May (56 mm)

7° 2°

9° 3°

11° 5°

15° 7°

17° 10°

19° 13°

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13° 8°

10° 5°

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Jan

101

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

118

Nov

116

Dec

111

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Thornton
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	11°	15°	17°	19°	19°	17°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	5°	7°	10°	13°	12°	10°	8°	5°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	101	67	80	59	56	66	67	85	95	118	116	111

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Thornton

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 60 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Blackpool, 6 km to the south.

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 60 kmsouth
Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 75 kmsoutheast
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 89 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Blackpool Population: 145K 6 kmsouth
Preston Population: 313.3K 24 kmsoutheast
Blackburn Population: 146.5K 37 kmeast
Wigan Population: 175.4K 44 kmsoutheast
Bolton Population: 141.3K 50 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Thornton

Within 100 km: 593 historic and cultural sites, 1,838 natural sites, 241 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km105 places

St Anne's Beach Beach 13 kmS
Foulney Island Island 22 kmNW
Beacon Fell Mountain 24 kmE
Higher Heysham Mountain 22 kmNE

25–60 km744 places

High Moor Mountain 40 kmN
Thurstaston Beach Beach 60 kmS
Formby Beach Beach 34 kmS
Ainsdale Beach Beach 29 kmS

60–100 km1,823 places

British Isles Island 66 kmW
Great Britain Island 68 kmE
Traeth Lligwy Beach 100 kmSW
St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 79 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

St Martin de Porres and St Hilda of Whitby Roman Catholic Church Attraction, Wyre District
1.4 km SE
St Nicholas Owen Roman Catholic Church Attraction, Wyre District
2 km NE
St Theresa Roman Catholic Church Attraction, Blackpool
1.6 km NW
St John Southworth Roman Catholic Church Attraction, Wyre District
2.6 km N
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Poulton Attraction, Wyre District
2.6 km SE
St Bernadette Roman Catholic Church Attraction, Blackpool
2.1 km SW