Knot End - Visit 2024

Today I was at Knot End, the opposite bank of the River Wyre from Fleetwood.

Very quiet. Peaceful.

A few people walking. 

Everyone I passed said "Hello".

Overheard, "No rain, No wind, Sunshine! Are we in the right country?"

The L S Lowry statue. L S Lowry came to Knott End frequently in the 1940s and 1950s. The 5ft stainless steel sculpture was overseen by Tom Elliot, from WEC Group, and is of one of Lowry’s trademark ‘matchstalk’ characters walking a ‘matchstalk’ dog. The same characters can be seen in his painting The Jetty at Knott End, near Fleetwood (1957) (See Amazon website). Lowry stayed at boarding houses on the seafront and became a familiar figure to the locals. They would observe him making sketches on whatever he had to hand. Hotel note paper, old receipts, napkins, envelopes and even toilet paper would be put to good use as he drew the landscapes and the people within them. He drew a sketch  - The Ferry Slip at Knott End on Sea (1953) - from this position (See Christies's website) 

The plaque says, 'The Riverside Walk is dedicated to the memory of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, & is in recognition of his service to The Crown, the people of the United Kingdom & the Commonwealth of nations.'

Looking upstream, River Wyre

Looking downstream towards the ferry jetty at Fleetwood

The signature seafront railing at Knot End

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