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About Black Pole

Black Pole is a small Lancashire community on the Fylde plain between Preston and Blackpool. Access is straightforward via the A6 from Preston (8km) or M55 junction 1 for longer journeys. Local roads connect to Catforth and Woodplumpton, whilst Warton Aerodrome sits nearby. The village's unusual name derives from a black-painted boundary pole that historically marked parish limits.

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Black Pole is in England, at 53.820, -2.778 - about 9 km north-west of Maudlands.

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The closest airport to Black Pole is Manchester Airport, 77 km (about 58 min by car).

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