School serve the western part of the town, around West View and Larkholme. Additionally, there are two Roman Catholic primary schools: St Mary's, founded in 1870, which serves the northern part of the town, and St Wulstan's and St Edmund's, serving the southern part of the town and formed in 2006 from a merger of two existing schools. The town is also home to a large public library, which as well as lending print and audio-visual material also has an extensive reference and local studies collection. Notable people William Allen (1532–1594) – English Catholic priest and cardinal. Alfie Boe (b. 1973) – Operatic tenor Decimus Burton (1800–1881) – architect, friend of Peter Hesketh and designer of Fleetwood Stuart Chatwood (b. 1969) – The Tea Party bass player and videogame soundtrack composer Jane Couch (b. 1968) – former Women's International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Kelsey-Beth Crossley (b. 1992) – Emmerdale actress James Dollins, footballer Dan Forshaw (b. 1981) – jazz musician Julia Grant – transgender activist, grew up in Fleetwood as George Roberts and later star of BBC documentary A Change of Sex Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (1801–1866) – landowner, developer and Member of Parliament, best known as the founder of Fleetwood Syd Little (b. 1942) – part of comedy duo Little and Large along with Eddie Large Percy C. Mather (1882–1933) – pioneer English Protestant Christian missionary to China, the second China Inland Mission missionary to Xinjiang Province Wes Newton (b. 1977) – Professional darts player, born in Blackpool, now resides in Fleetwood Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957) – English linguist, philosopher, and writer. Inventor and propagator of Basic English. Billy Porter (1905–1946) – former professional footballer Jean Rigby (b. 1961) – Operatic mezzo-soprano John Robb (b. 1961) – musician and writer Billy Ronson (1957–2015) – former professional footballer Frank Searle (1921–2005) – Loch Ness photo hoaxer George Smith (1921–2013) – former professional footballer for Manchester City Harry Stirzaker (1869–1948) – former professional footballer for Blackpool See also Listed buildings in Fleetwood Fleetwood power stations References External links Visit Fleetwood – Local information, photos, video Seaside resorts in Lancashire Towns in Lancashire Ports and harbours of Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Wyre Port cities and towns of the Irish Sea Fishing communities in England Populated places established in 1836 Morecambe Bay Beaches of Lancashire 1836 establishments in England Populated coastal places in Lancashire