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, England. It runs for about , from the junction of Chapel Street, Vicarage Road and

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in the east to its convergence with

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in the west. It is one-way westbound. The street, which is the start or end of today's B5267, has existed since at least the 19th century, which is when the Golden Ball public house (from which the street takes its name)''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre''
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 218 was built. To the right of the Golden Ball once stood two houses. The shop at 5A Ball Street occupies the former entrance to one of the houses. One of them became a small private school. The southern side of the street forms the northern boundary of the raised graveyard of St Chad's Church. In the early 20th century, the row of buildings lining this side of the street were demolished, resulting in today's unobstructed view of St Chad's. Now, between the northern end of the pedestrianised Church Street to the west and the Thatched House in the east, there are two bus stops along the paved area. The Thatched House, built in 1907, replaced a tavern believed to have been called the Green Man, which was on the site in 1793, and may have been built in the

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. Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2005), p. 22 Ball Street, and the adjoining Tithebarn Street, are part of

Wyre Council Wyre is a local government district with borough status on the coast of Lancashire, England. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde and the borough also contains the towns of Cleveleys, Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall and Thornton, along with ...

's Poulton-le-Fylde Conservation Area Appraisal. File:Ball Street, Poulton-le-Fylde.jpg, Ball Street in the early 20th century, looking east towards where the Thatched House public house now stands File:Ball Street Poulton 2024.jpg, The same view in 2024

Public transport

Ball Street bus stop's stand one is served by

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routes 5, 5C and 12, while stand two is served by Transpora routes 24 and 523, Blackpool Transport's 74 and 75,

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's 76 and

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's 42. The two stands are to make up for there being no opposing bus stops, given that Ball Street is one-way.

References

{{reflist Poulton-le-Fylde Roads in Lancashire