Pallant Street

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Pallant Street begins at the Least Gate. Possibly established, in the words of Terry, "by the age-old method, which was to follow the path the cows made down to the river", as it appears to follow the valley between the Tump and Nap Hill.

The Streets of Ankh-Morpork makes the course of Pallant Street clear until it meets an intersection, possibly an open square, where it meets Spa Lane and Hopesprings. On the basis of following the line of least resistance followed by the cows as they found their way to water (and in those days the waters of the Ankh must have been a lot cleaner if cows deigned to drink it), Pallant Street most probably curves round towards the river where it meets Water Street, which crosses Mort Lake to Water Bridge, which opens out into the Fronts and the Unreal Estate on the Morpork side of the river.

However, the map is ambiguous at this point and Pallant Street, from Spa Lane/Hopesprings could easily go in one of two ways - both are possible and neither is clearly marked. The alternative Rimwards continuation passes on down to Hen & Chickens Field, with Seven Sleepers, Moon Pond Lane and Mystick Alley meeting it from the widdershins side.