The A586 is a road in
England
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, which runs from
Garstang
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster.
In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; ...
to
Blackpool, in
Lancashire
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.
The road runs a total distance of , in a roughly east–west direction, and is both urban and rural in character. It begins near
Churchtown south of
Garstang
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster.
In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; ...
and just east of
Catterall
Catterall is a village and civil parish in the borough of Wyre, Lancashire, England. Historically in the Amounderness Hundred, it is situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from the town of Garstang, and Myerscou ...
, as a junction on the
A6 Preston Lancaster New Road, immediately to the north of Kirkland Bridge. It runs as a winding rural single-lane road south west to
St Michael's on Wyre, where it crosses the
River Wyre
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. Becoming Garstang Road, it runs west, bypassing
Great Eccleston
Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately upstream from the port of Fleetw ...
and
Little Eccleston
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, and sharing with the
A585 as Garstang New Road between
Larbreck and Little
Singleton
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, about past
St Michael's On Wyre. This is a wider, straighter stretch of road. The road splits from the A585 after approximately , at the Five Lane Ends in Little
Singleton
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, and enters the outskirts of
Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,264. There is evidence of human habitation i ...
as Garstang Road East. From here, the road becomes progressively more urban as it reaches the suburbs of Blackpool. After , as Poulton Road it crosses the
A587 at the Plymouth Road
roundabout, and becomes Westcliffe Drive as it passes through
Layton, and Talbot Road shortly after. The road continues as Talbot Road past
Blackpool North railway station
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The station was opened in its present form i ...
, and passes through the town centre
one-way system
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, eventually terminating at Talbot Square where it meets the
A584 and
A583 next to the
North Pier
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.
Roads in England
Roads in Lancashire
The Fylde
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