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'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2007}} {{infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= St Michael's on Wyre |static_image_name = Church at St. Michael's on Wyre - geograph.org.uk - 1041086.jpg |static_image_caption = St Michael's Church, St. Michael's on Wyre |coordinates = {{coord|53.866|-2.818|display=inline,title}} |population = |population_ref = |civil_parish= [[Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre]] |shire_district= [[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]] |shire_county= [[Lancashire]] |region= North West England |constituency_westminster= [[Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre and Preston North]] |post_town= PRESTON |postcode_district = PR3 |postcode_area= PR |dial_code= 01995 |os_grid_reference= SD462414 |london_distance= |pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom The Fylde |pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Wyre Borough##Shown on the Fylde }} '''St Michael's on Wyre''' is a village on [[the Fylde]], in the [[Borough of Wyre]], in [[Lancashire]], England; it lies on the [[River Wyre]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicola Bulley: Missing mum's family 'stuck in a nightmare' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-64501150 |work=BBC News |date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pidd |first1=Helen |title=‘People don’t vanish’: family of missing Nicola Bulley appeal for information |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/02/nicola-bulley-disappearance-police-issue-timeline-last-known-movements |work=The Guardian |date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chappell |first1=Tom Ball, Northern Correspondent | Peter |title=Nicola Bulley: how could she just vanish, ask missing mother’s family |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola-bulley-missing-dog-walker-mum-search-lancashire-uk-2023-0bmg8nzv3 |language=en}}</ref> The village is centred on the church of St Michael's which was founded before AD 640. It is in the [[civil parish]] of [[Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre]], which had a population in 2001 of 604.<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790447 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wyre''] Retrieved 2009-08-21</ref> For later counts see the Civil parish. ==History== In 1835 the parish of St Michael's contained the townships of [[Out Rawcliffe]], Upper Rawcliffe, [[Elswick, Lancashire|Elswick]], [[Great Eccleston]], [[Inskip-with-Sowerby]], Newsham and [[Woodplumpton]]. In 1984, 16 people were killed in the [[Abbeystead disaster]], during a visit by a party from St Michael's to a waterworks 10 miles up the River Wyre. Following [[2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods|severe flooding in 2015]] which resulted in the evacuation of the villagers, [[Prince Harry]] visited the village to meet with residents affected and reopen the refurbished village hall.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/storm-eva-lancashire-families-evacuated-as-floods-threaten-again-a6786416.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/storm-eva-lancashire-families-evacuated-as-floods-threaten-again-a6786416.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Lancashire families are being evacuated as floods caused by Storm Eva threaten havoc again|date=2015-12-26|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2017-10-23/prince-harry-returns-to-village-flooded-by-2015-storm/|title=Prince Harry returns to village flooded by 2015 storm|work=ITV News|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35086905|title=Widespread flood alerts remain in force|date=2015-12-13|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-35505760/prince-harry-hears-lancashire-flood-victims-stories|title=Prince hears flood victims' stories|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> ==Today== Despite its size, the village has its own pub, car garage, school, village hall, tennis club, bowling club and nearby [[Myerscough College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/spotlight-on-st-michaels-on-wyre-1-5089920|title=Spotlight on - St. Michaels-on-Wyre|website=www.lep.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> The [[Church of St Michael, St Michael's on Wyre|parish church of St Michael]] is the village's most prominent landmark. The nave and chancel date from the 14th century, and the tower from the 16th. It is one of only two Grade I [[listed building]]s in the [[Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire#Wyre|Borough of Wyre]].<ref name="WBC">{{cite web | title = Listed Buildings | publisher = [[Wyre Borough Council]] | url = http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Page.aspx?PvnID=75600&PgeID=46729&BrdCb=1-1447-1499 | access-date = 12 February 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927074235/http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Page.aspx?PvnID=75600&PgeID=46729&BrdCb=1-1447-1499 | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> There is a Post Office within the Village Hall open Tuesday’s 14:30 -16:30 and Thursday’s 09:00 - 11:00. Where all main Post Office services are offered. ==Location== St Michael's on Wyre is situated between [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and [[Blackpool]]. ==Transport== St Michael's [[microlight]] airfield is located just over a mile to the southeast of the village, south of St Michael's Road. It has three grass runways, and its airport code is GB-0398.<ref>[http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/St-Michaels St Michael's] - UK Airfield Guide</ref> It is the home of Northern Microlight School, which was founded in 1982.<ref>[https://www.northernmicrolights.co.uk/ Northern Microlight School's official website]</ref> [[Elizabeth II]] visited the airfield in May 2015.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Queen visits St Michael's Airfield. God save the Queen. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oka8V-dx2ng |language=en |access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Lancashire}} *[[Listed buildings in Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.stmichaelsvillagehall.org.uk St Michael's Village Hall] {{Borough of Wyre}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:St Michael's On Wyre}} [[Category:Villages in Lancashire]] [[Category:Geography of the Borough of Wyre]] [[Category:The Fylde]] {{Lancashire-geo-stub}}'