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Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Iconic seaside amusement park on England's northwest coast operating since 1896 with historic and modern coasters.
7 km · about 15 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Poulton-le-Fylde is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Great Marton, 31km from Trough of Bowland.
Poulton-le-Fylde is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 19,914, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses, it had a population of 18,115.
There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 12,000 years ago, and several archaeologicalRead more
finds from Roman settlement in England have been found in the area. At the time of the Norman Conquest, Poulton was a small agricultural settlement in the Hundred of Amounderness. The church of St Chad was recorded in 1094, when it was endowed to Lancaster Priory.
By the post-Medieval period, the town had become an important commercial centre for the region with weekly and triannual markets. Goods were imported and exported through two harbours on the River Wyre. In 1837, the town was described as the "metropolis of the Fylde", but its commercial importance waned from the mid-19th century with the development of the nearby coastal towns of Fleetwood and Blackpool.
Poulton has the administrative centre of the Borough of Wyre and is in the parliamentary constituency of Fylde. It is part of the Blackpool Urban Area and approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Blackpool town centre. There are rail links to Blackpool and Preston, and bus routes to the larger towns and villages of the Fylde.
Poulton has a library and two secondary schools: Baines School and Hodgson Academy. There is a farmers' market once a month, and since October 2011 there has been a weekly market on Mondays in the centre of the town.
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Poulton-le-Fylde is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 53.8333 latitude, -2.9833 longitude.
Poulton-le-Fylde has a population of approximately 19,914 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Iconic seaside amusement park on England's northwest coast operating since 1896 with historic and modern coasters.
7 km · about 15 min drive
famous road
Remote moorland pass through the Forest of Bowland linking Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge, following the route the Pendle witches were marched to trial in 1612. Sweeping single-carriageway bends with barely a building in sight.
31 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Historic circuit inside Aintree Racecourse that hosted five British Grands Prix in the 1950s-60s, where Stirling Moss took his first home GP win. Club sprints still run on the old track.
40 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits including 140 classic vehicles and a dedicated exhibition on the Campbells' Bluebird land and water speed record machines.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Magnificent Victorian railway viaduct with 24 arches striding across the bleak moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, an engineering marvel of the 1870s.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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