Rapunzel Diaries 8: Rossall Point ObservationTower

The best towers are the ones you come across unexpectedly. For example, you are visiting your auntie on the coast with towers the last thing on your mind. There's Blackpool Tower down the road for sure but there aren't any more in the area and yet you spot a leaflet out of the corner of your eye at a country park visitor centre. Could it be, are you mistaken, no it really is a new tower to visit.

Rossall Point Observation Tower is a very sweet tower that leans - Fleetwood's very own 'Leaning Tower' except this has been built to tip into the coastal breeze. And we found this purposeful tower on a visit to my aunties at Cleveleys during the summer. It has a ground floor with interesting information about the coast and its wildlife; the next floor hosts a covered deck for observing; the next storey is operated by Coastwatch and the top floor is for leaning on the wall and gazing out over Morecambe Bay and the sea and the sky. A happy find.

A serendipitous find