Wrea Green

Wrea Green
The duck pond - 'The Dub'
Wrea Green Shown within Fylde Borough Show map of the Borough of Fylde Wrea Green Shown within the Fylde Show map of the Fylde Wrea Green Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD397315
Civil parish	Ribby-with-Wrea
District	Fylde
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4 2
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Fylde
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°46′34″N 2°54′50″W / 53.776°N 2.914°W / 53.776; -2.914

Wrea Green is a village in the Fylde borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about 2 miles west of Kirkham. Along with the village of Ribby, it forms the civil parish Ribby-with-Wrea.^[1]

Wrea Green has approximately 1,600 residents,^{[citation needed]} many of whom work at the nearby Warton Aerodrome 2 miles away, where BAE Systems is a major local employer. Uniquely for the Fylde Coast, Wrea Green, as described by its name, surrounds a large common land space at one side of which is a duck pond, known locally as 'The Dub'.

Wrea Green has won "Lancashire's Best Kept Village" award 15 times: in 1959, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2012.