Human remains discovered during renovation work on Lytham home, August 2025

Blackpool Gazette

Officers were called to the address in Cleveland Road after workmen made the eerie discovery in a cellar on Friday (August 15). Renovation work on the home was suspended while Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) carried out a forensic examination of the property.  Work is ongoing to identify the remains, which Lancashire Police have confirmed as human. However, the force believes the bones belong to a historical burial site on the grounds of the terraced home in Cleveland Road.  “Whilst we are keeping an open mind, there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances,” a police spokesperson told the Blackpool Gazette today.

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00:00I'm digital reporter Keira Furn reporting for the Blackpool Gazette from Cleveland Road in Lytham

00:04where a routine renovation has turned into a police investigation. Builders working on a

00:09cellar on this property just down the road from me here made a startling discovery last Friday

00:14which was human bones. Lancashire police have now confirmed the remains are indeed human and

00:18believe they may be linked to a historical burial site on the property. Investigations

00:22are carrying out forensic tests to learn more about the age and origin of the bones.

00:26Authorities say there are no signs of foul play and renovation work has been paused while the

00:32investigation continues. Police are asking anyone with information about the property

00:36or its history to come forward. For now this quiet street has become the focus of the investigation

00:42into these historic human remains.

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