B5268
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| From: | Little Carleton (SD331381) | |||
| To: | Fleetwood (SD325455) | |||
| Length: | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) | |||
| Meets: | A586, B5267, A585, B5412, B5439, A585 | |||
| Former Number(s): | A586, A585 | |||
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The B5268 is a largely urban B-road on the Fylde.
It starts at traffic lights on the A586 at Little Carleton, on the edge of Blackpool. It heads northeast along Blackpool Old Road. As may be expected from the road name, this is the original line of the A586 until the current route was built in the late 1920s.
After running along the boundary of Blackpool for a short distance the road TOTSOs left, marking its original southern end. It then crosses the Blackpool North railway line at a level crossing before the road zigzags through the village of Carleton. It meets the B5267 at traffic lights in the village centre.
The road continues north along Fleetwood Road. There is a short semi-rural section before a roundabout is reached on the A585. On the far side the road enters Thornton. It crosses the B5412 at a traffic-light-controlled staggered crossroads before passing Marsh Mill, a working windmill which looks quite out-of-place in the suburbs where it now finds itself.
After a sharp bend to the right the road reaches the B5439. This is the original line of the A585 and so this junction marks the original northern end of the B5268. However, the road now continues and even has priority through the junction. It continues north along the pre-bypass A585 and soon reaches the edge of town. There is a roundabout to serve a new industrial development and afterwards the road passes a holiday camp.
After a turn to the left (formerly the B5409, now unclassified) the road passes a caravan park before ending at a roundabout on the current line of the A585 on the southern edge of Fleetwood.
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