Bispham, Blackpool
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 Bispham Seafront with Norbreck Castle in the distance |
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| Bispham shown within Lancashire | |
| Population | 20,001 2011 Census |
| OS grid reference | SD309399 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLACKPOOL |
| Postcode district | FY2 |
| Dialling code | 01253 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Bispham /ˈbɪspəm/ is a village in Blackpool on the Fylde coast in the county of Lancashire, England. The village is roughly one-and-a-half miles north of the town centre.
The village is part of the borough of Blackpool. To the south of Bispham is Warbreck, North Shore and Layton, to the east is Carleton and to the north is Norbreck and Thornton Cleveleys and to the west, the Irish Sea. The area is mostly urban. Bispham was formerly in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood parliamentary constituency, but, as of the 2010 general election forms part of the Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency whose M.P. is Paul Maynard.
The village is in the North West England European parliament constituency.
Bispham has three Blackpool Council electoral wards: Bispham, Greenlands and Ingthorpe.
The total population of Bispham according to the United Kingdom Census 2001 is 19,165, which is 13.41% of the population of Blackpool (142,900). There are a total of 3,873 residents aged between 0 and 17 years old (20.21%), 4,329 aged 65 and over (22.58%) and 10,963 between the ages of 18 and 64 (57.21%). At the census 2011 the overall population using the same three wards increased to 20,001.
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