Talk:Borough of Blackpool

Boundaries
What does "Parts of the borough are also close to or overspill into the neighbouring districts of ..." mean? A borough has boundaries, so inevitably parts of it will be very close to ... every adjacent local authority area in turn, as you go round the boundary. I don't imagine that any point on the map is in both the Borough of Blackpool and another district, so "overspill" seems odd/wrong. If there are identifiable settlements which are partly in this borough and partly not, then that's a different matter and can be stated clearly. Pam D  16:38, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Not far fetched PamD as Blackpool has an urban area and most of the borough overspills into neighbouring boroughs of Wyre and Fylde...if you take for example Bispam and Thornton-Cleveleys...there is no real strip of land that acts a green belt between them and Lytham St Anne's is only sperate form Blackpool conurbation by Blackpool Airport. The urban area is used for ONS data and is a well defined area...overspill could be from the borough being contiguous with another village or town to a housing estate in both boroughs...I will look for further clarity to the point but normally that's what defines overspill RailwayJG (talk) 18:04, 14 July 2021 (UTC)