Shard Bridge, Blackpool

Name: Shard Bridge
Address: Blackpool, United Kingdom

#69 among attractions in Blackpool

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Facts and practical information

Shard Bridge is a bridge in the English county of Lancashire. It spans the River Wyre, connecting Singleton, on the southern side of the river, to Hambleton, on its northern side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of Shard Road. The word shard is a Roman term for "low crossing point on a river". ()

Opened: 1992 (32 years ago)Coordinates: 53°51'43"N, 2°57'45"W

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Blackpool United Kingdom

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Day trips

Shard Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Chad's Church, Marsh Mill, Kincraig Lake Ecological Reserve, Salisbury Woodland Gardens.

1.6 miSW
Town, Church
St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
41 min walk • St Chad's Church is an Anglican church in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.2 miNW
Museum, Pub, Windmill
Marsh Mill, Thornton-Cleveleys
57 min walk • Marsh Mill is an 18th-century tower windmill in Thornton, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1794 by Ralph Slater for local landowner Bold Hesketh. It functioned as a corn mill until the 1920s and has been fully restored. It is a good example of a complete English windmill and has been designated a Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kincraig Lake Ecological Reserve, Blackpool
68 min walk • Kincraig Lake Ecological Reserve is a wildlife reserve located in Bispham in Blackpool on the Fylde coast, Lancashire, England. It is owned by Blackpool Council.
3.7 miSW
Park
Salisbury Woodland Gardens, Blackpool
94 min walk • Salisbury Woodland Gardens is an open space located in the east of Blackpool, flanked by East Park Drive and Woodside Drive and linking Blackpool Zoo with Stanley Park.
2 miSE
Church
St Anne's
51 min walk • St Anne's Church is in Church Road, Singleton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the Diocese of Blackburn.
2.6 miSW
Cemetery
Carleton Crematorium, Blackpool
67 min walk • Carleton Crematorium, together with the adjacent necropolis, Carleton Cemetery, is a graveyard located within the Greenlands ward of Blackpool with its main entrance on Stocks Road in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in England. It was opened on 18 July 1935.
3 miW
Church
All Hallows Church, Blackpool
78 min walk • Bispham Parish Church, also known as All Hallows Church, is a Church of England parish church located in Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, known as the Mother Church of Blackpool.
2.6 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Thornton-Cleveleys
68 min walk • Christ Church is in Meadows Avenue, Thornton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Poulton, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.2 miSW
Church
St John's, Poulton-le-Fylde
30 min walk • The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic church in the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. The current church replaced an earlier chapel which lies a few metres to the north-east. The former chapel, with its attached presbytery, has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
3 miW
Park
Moor Park, Blackpool
78 min walk • Moor Park is a municipal park located in the Moor Park area of Bispham in Blackpool on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England. The park is bordered by Bispham Road to the west, Moor Park Avenue to the south, housing on Bristol Avenue to the north and businesses on Bristol Avenue to the east.
3.3 miW
Village, Area
Bispham, Blackpool
85 min walk • Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England, a mile and a half north of Blackpool town centre.

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How to get to Shard Bridge by public transport?

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Train

Poulton-le-Fylde (38 min walk)