Carleton is a village on the coastal plain of the Fylde in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England.

[2] Its area was estimated in that survey to be four carucates of land and it was owned by Earl Tostig.

Carleton is an electoral ward in the parliamentary constituency of Wyre and Preston North.

[6] Since its creation in 2010, Wyre and Preston North has been represented at Parliament by Conservative MP Ben Wallace.

The Anglican church of St Hilda of Whitby and the Roman Catholic church of St Martin de Porres share a site on Fleetwood Road.