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Fairhaven is the district
between Lytham & St.Annes on the
seaward-side of Clifton Drive. In 1890 it
was a range of huge sand dunes; along the
coast were two huge banks of pebbles known
as "stanners".
The Fairhaven Estate Company
was formed to develop the area. It
constructed a railway both to bring in
building materials and to move 1,000s of
tons of sand. This line never carried
passengers.
The Fairhaven Estate Light
Railway came off the main line at Ansdell
Road and bifurcated at the Double Stanner.
It ran along Outer & Inner Promenade (i.e.
around Fairhaven Lake) and continued to
Cartmell Road, St.Annes.
About 1896, the railway track
was removed from Ansdell Road as tramlines
were being laid down. Another line was laid
from the main line at Rossendale Road and
ran along St.Paul's Avenue (by the present
King Edward School).
Two engines are known
to have operated on this light railway;
"Preston" and Fairhaven"
The railway was removed about 1916
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