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Blackpool Airport (IATA: BLK, ICAO: EGNH) is an airport on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, in the Borough of Fylde, just outside the Borough of Blackpool. It was formerly known as Squires Gate Airport and Blackpool International Airport. Ownership of the airport has changed a number of times over the years.
Squires Gate railway station serves the Squires Gate area of the popular seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, although it is located just outside the borough boundary. It lies on the Blackpool South to Preston line and is the nearest station to Blackpool Airport .
Originally called Squires Gate camp, it became a Pontins holiday centre, but closed in October 2009 for a housing development. [2] Prior to becoming a holiday camp, the camp was used as a military base during World War II. Blackpool Airport is in Squires Gate, and the district also has a small railway station on the Blackpool South to Preston ...
Aviation pioneer Amy Johnson's last complete flight was a ferry flight for the ATA from Squires Gate to Oxford. [78] In March 2015, the government announced that a new enterprise zone would be created at Blackpool Airport, using some airport land and adjoining land. [79] South Shore has two railway stations – Squires Gate and Blackpool South ...
Despite the existence of the Squires Gate site, now Blackpool Airport, which had been used intermittently for flying since October 1909, Blackpool Corporation decided in 1928 to build a new airfield close to Stanley Park. The aerodrome was located 1.7 mi (2.7 km) east south east of North Pier at an elevation of 45 ft (14 m) above sea level.
Squires Gate is a district in Blackpool, England. Squires Gate may also refer to: Squires Gate F.C. Squires Gate railway station; Squires Gate Airport, or RAF Squires Gate, former names of Blackpool Airport; Blackpool Squires Gate Greyhound Stadium
The airport is actually just over the borough boundary into Fylde Borough, although a proposal to reorganise Blackpool's borders would see the airport incorporated into Blackpool Borough. This airport, formerly known as Blackpool Squires Gate Airport, is one of the oldest in the UK having hosted public flying meetings in 1909 and 1910.
The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England.It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, Layton, Marton and Squires Gate, as well as the suburbs of Grange Park, North Shore, South Shore and Starr Gate.