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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Blackpool and Thornton.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Blackpool and Thornton.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
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| Grade 3: Route includes rough surfaces that may include small boulders, potholes, shallow ruts, loose gravel, short muddy sections. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
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Accessibility
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Measurements
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The narrowest part of the path is 45.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 7.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 7.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 7.0% (1)
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Unclear (1)
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Terrain
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80.0% of the route is on roads (1)
80.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
90.0% of the route is paved (1)
10.0% of the route is muddy (1)
There is no data on rough ground
10.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Blackpool
Grid Ref
SD3104136644
Lat / Lon
53.82149° / -3.04900°
Easting / Northing
331,041E / 436,644N
What3Words
strain.prove.track
Thornton
Grid Ref
SD3427242039
Lat / Lon
53.87039° / -3.00108°
Easting / Northing
334,272E / 442,039N
What3Words
text.stump.face
Blatho One's land is
| Blackpool | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD3104136644 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.82149° / -3.04900° |
| Easting / Northing | 331,041E / 436,644N |
| What3Words | strain.prove.track |
| Thornton | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD3427242039 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.87039° / -3.00108° |
| Easting / Northing | 334,272E / 442,039N |
| What3Words | text.stump.face |
| Pasture | 13.4% |
| Urban | 86.6% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Mary Oz
12 Jan 2022The route leaves Blackpool North Station along pleasant enough, mainly residential streets. It crosses the busy A587 via a pelican crossing, near shops and Layton railway station. The route after Washington Avenue is a little tricky to follow. Turn into Linden Place opposite the hospice, turn right along a pavement (not road) to cut through to the end of Edmonton Place, then use the footpath next to the white fence, onto the sports field. Cross the field, aiming for one of the footbridges across the stream, ideally the one opposite the kissing gate onto Sage Close. I used the one marked on the OS Map, which is a bit slippery and rickety, but more obvious as you cross the field. The better one is 20 metres to the right. At the other end of Sage Close is the footpath with a metal fence on one side, which leads into the cemetery and crematorium.
There is a pond here, with benches around it, and there is a café (cash only, currently open 9am-3pm weekdays) with toilets around the back. Pedestrian access is available through the cemetery at all times.
From here, the route follows a B road with a pavement into Carleton, where there are shops and a pub. Surfaced off-road paths with cycle barriers, and residential roads, take the route through to fields. Here, the OS Map is more accurate than the Slow Ways map, but once in the field (via a stile with a fingerpost), the path is not very clear. Head for the buildings beyond the pylon – Breedy Butts – with another stile or two and a narrow footbridge to cross. These fields were muddy and very wet when I crossed them. A gate leads out onto a nicely landscaped lane with a cattle grid at the end.
After the subway below the main road, a footpath crosses the disused Poulton to Fleetwood railway, which you can read more about, as you cross it again, going into Thornton.
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