Starr Gate
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|country = England
|official_name= Starr Gate
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|unitary_england= Blackpool
|lieutenancy_england= Lancashire
|region = North West England
|constituency_westminster= Blackpool South
|post_town= BLACKPOOL
|postcode_district= FY4
|postcode_area= FY
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|static_image_caption = Road sign for Starr Gate on the A584
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Starr Gate is a suburb in the South Shore district of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It is located at the southwest end of Blackpool on the Fylde coast, adjacent to the Squires Gate district of Blackpool.
The place is named after the spiky "Starr" grass which grows on the local sand hills to the south of Starr Gate.{{citation needed|date=October 2007}} "Gate" (Geat in Old English) means "Way", taken from the Old Norse Gat - an opening or passage.{{citation needed|date=October 2007}}
Transport
File:SD3031-The new Blackpool Tram Depot , Starr Gate, Blackpool (geograph 2418906).jpg
Starr Gate is served by Squires Gate railway station on the Blackpool to Preston line. The southern terminal loop of the Blackpool Tramway is located at Starr Gate,[https://www.thetrams.co.uk/blackpool/stops/Starr_Gate "Starr Gate"], Blackpool Tramway: Tram Stops, The Trams.co.uk, retrieved 15 January 2020. along with the Starr Gate tram depot[https://www.galvanizing.org.uk/case-studies/blackpool-tramway-starr-gate-depot/ "Caunton Engineering Ltd: Blackpool Tramway Starr Gate Depot"], Galvanisers Association, retrieved 15 January 2020. from which trams run up the coast into central Blackpool and to Fleetwood.
Starr Gate is also immediately adjacent to Blackpool International Airport.
From May to September 1973, a hovercraft provided a transport service from the tram terminus to Southport.Emma Harris, [https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/retro/no-bover-on-the-hover-1-7724923 "No bover on the hover"], The Blackpool Gazette, 10 February 2016. In 2005 there were hopes of reviving the service.[https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/hopes-high-for-hovercraft-dream-1-417191 "Hopes high for hovercraft dream"], The Blackpool Gazette, 21 September 2007.