Blackpool
What to see
You’ll find accounts of Blackpool’s tourist attractions, shopping, eating out etc at Visit Blackpool, Blackpool Events or Visit Lancashire. Follow these links for specific venues and attractions:
● Blackpool Pleasure Beach
● Blackpool Tower
● Blackpool Tower Dungeon
● Blackpool Zoo
● Madame Tussauds
● Model Village & Gardens
● Sandcastle Waterpark
● Sea Life Blackpool
● The Grundy Art Gallery
Towns of Two Halves extracts:
● “Blackpool in those days [1960s] was brash in season and shabby the rest of the year. Fortunately the season, extended by the illuminations, occupied more of the year than the climate might otherwise have allowed. It was the shabbiness that encroached on the town, not the calendar.”
● “The seafront is handsomely remodelled in a major renewal programme, and behind it the town made a bid to be named a Unesco World Heritage Site.”
● “Let Blackpool clasp you to its bosom with the obvious itinerary. Go up the tower, not ignoring the various attractions at its base. Take in at least one of the piers, and walk the promenade between two of them. Inhale the bracing Irish Sea air, which will buffet your face in vigorous gusts. Try the Pleasure Beach if rides are your pleasure. And if you visit during the autumn view the illuminations by tram.”
These are taken from the Blackpool chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To buy a copy, email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.