The Old Post Office Bed and Breakfast
190 Park Lane, Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde,
Lancashire FY6 0NW 01253 811261


The Old Post Office – the Place with Comfort and Character
Built initially of sea washed stones, was bought as derelict some 20 years ago by the present owners who are both teachers. Whilst retaining an old Victorian Character, the building has been extensively refurbished and central heating installed. Although there were some six bedrooms originally, only two were retained for letting with a further, smaller, bedroom made into a shower room and toilet for guests.

Old Range in Lounge

How to get Here
From the M6 – junction 32 onto M55. Come off at Junction 3 (Fleetwood) and turn right onto the A585 (signed Fleetwood). Continue to next lights and filter left onto A586 (signed Fleetwood & Blackpool). At the next lights take right hand lane and veer right still following signs for Fleetwood (A585). Next lights take right hand lane and filter onto A588 (signs Lancaster & Knott End), cross river and follow left exit at roundabout. Follow A588 through villages of Hambleton then Stalmine. Immediately after Stalmine and a garage the A588 turns sharply right but you carry straight on across onto the B5270 (Preesall / Knott End). Continue past Fernhill Pub on left, through a bottleneck, past Saracen’s Head Hotel (your left) and immediately on your left is the Black Bull Hotel. The Old Post Office is joined on to the Black Bull Hotel.

Breakfast Room second table and part of very old stairs no longer in use.

In the Immediate Locality
Need information? Just ask!
Only three short steps away from the Black Bull Hotel with real ales and other ‘suitable’ beverages with an extensive menu of good honest food usually served between 12 and 2 p.m. and 5 – 9 p.m.
Two doors away The Saracen’s Head Hotel, again serving good food and a carvery on a Sundays, 12 – 2.00 & 5.30 – 9.00.
Five minutes walk away Fernhill Hotel with food, set in woodland with a large children’s play area. All three have extended hours over the weekends.

Although The Old Post Office is only 5 minutes from the sea on a road which terminates at the sea front and ferry slip in Knott End, and is set in real countryside, there may still be traffic noise during some periods of the day.

Parking – on the roads, round about, or behind the Pub you choose to use.

Breakfast Room - front table
Old Post Office telephone 01253 811261 – Costs

Normally, a double room will cost from £40 per night for the room – including breakfast. This is room price note! Not per person. If the single bed in the double room is also occupied then prices for that will be related to the age of the occupant. For example, we would hardly expect to massive amount for a child occupying this room with parents.

If the twin room is booked as a double room, prices again range from £40 for the room. Single prices for the night are from £25 per person per night including breakfast.

The view across the Countryside and River Wyre from the Shower Room

Do expect
· Warmth and friendship
· A clean place full of interesting things to see
· A good full breakfast with variety or special requests or needs if you want it.
· Steps between rooms, upstairs and down – this place probably dates from Middle Ages!
· A large patio / picnic area at the rear, totally secluded and over-looking the countryside.
· ¾ of an acre of garden and orchard – bring a trowel!
· Masses of bird life – feathered variety.

From Stairs Blue Room ahead Green Room to left shower room to the right

Don’t Expect!
Tea making facilities in the rooms – we find it more friendly if you just ask!
T.V. in your room – this place is bed and breakfast not a hotel – although you can watch TV sometimes in the TV lounge or in the Pub right next door.
On suite facilities – The shower and toilet are a step away, just across the landing from both rooms, a bathroom is available if you prefer.
To smoke upstairs – for obvious reasons!
Any set time to be expected in or out at night, or any strict rules – your actions are your responsibility.

Double - Blue Room - Double Bed

The Bedrooms - The Blue Room
Is spacious with a well sprung, double bed and an extra single bed against one wall. Large, warm and cosy with clean washed real sheets freshly ironed by hand. Plenty of drawer and wardrobe space and an armchair to sink into. Centrally heated with towels, bedside lighting and razor adaptor provided.

Single Bed - Double or Family Room 

Green Room (Twin Beds)

The Bedrooms – The Green Room

Two new and comfortable beds set against opposite walls with a sturdy arm chair and a large wardrobe. One of those strange lights which you just touch to make it come on / go brighter / switch off sits on the bedside cabinet! Clean towels, drinking glasses, 3 pin electricity sockets with a razor adaptor if required. Simple but friendly.

Green Room (Twin Beds) 

What are we?
The Old Post Office, Preesall, is a warm and friendly family home which has two rooms available to provide Bed and Breakfast facilities in the ‘Over-Wyre’ district of Poulton-le-Fylde, an area close to Blackpool, Fleetwood and Garstang, and within a short drive to The Trough of Bowland, Lancaster and Morecambe, Morecambe Bay, and an hour from access to the whole of the Lake District. Preesall is within five minutes of the sea shore at Knott End which lies mouth of the river Wyre with views across the Irish Sea and Morecambe Bay, to Barrow and the mountains of the Lake District. The whole area is set within pleasant countryside, coastal regions and farmland, providing excellent walking and nature study opportunities within an area renown for good food, fine ale and welcoming people.

Home on the Range!

Sundown over the River - view from The Old Post Office