Pilling, Great Eccleston & Inskip

Pilling, Great Eccleston and Inskip form a patchwork of farmland, coastal flats and small settlements in Wyre on the Fylde plain. Great Eccleston sits at the heart of the area with a long-standing Thursday market and an annual agricultural show that reflect the local farming economy. Narrow lanes and field patterns show the focus on arable and livestock production, while village halls, parish churches and a handful of shops serve local needs. Community events and market trade remain central to life in and around Great Eccleston.

To the west, Pilling meets the coast at Pilling Sands, a stretch of salt marsh and intertidal flats that support regular movements of wading birds and are marked by sea banks and drainage channels. Inskip is a small village north-east of Great Eccleston, notable for the former wartime airfield nearby that still shapes road lines and land use. The three places link by rural routes, with land use shifting from market gardening and farms inland to tidal marsh and coastal pasture toward the sands.