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subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conferences_and_exhibitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conferences_and_exhibitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Conferences and exhibitions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conferences_and_exhibitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regeneration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regeneration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Regeneration </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Regeneration-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Regeneration subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Regeneration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Talbot_Gateway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Talbot_Gateway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Talbot Gateway </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Talbot_Gateway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blackpool_Central" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blackpool_Central"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 Blackpool Central </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blackpool_Central-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Heritage_Action_Zone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heritage_Action_Zone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Heritage Action Zone </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heritage_Action_Zone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Tourism </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Tourism subsection </button> <ul 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<li id="toc-Public_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1.3 Public art </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performing_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performing_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2 Performing arts </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Theatre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theatre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2.1 Theatre </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theatre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2.2 Dance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Amateur_dramatics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Amateur_dramatics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2.3 Amateur dramatics </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Amateur_dramatics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.3 Music </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Heritage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heritage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.3.1 Heritage </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heritage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inspired_by_Blackpool" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inspired_by_Blackpool"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.3.2 Inspired by Blackpool </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inspired_by_Blackpool-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scenes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scenes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.3.3 Scenes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scenes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.4 Film </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.5 Media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-LGBTQ+" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#LGBTQ+"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.6 LGBTQ+ </div> </a> <ul id="toc-LGBTQ+-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns/sister_cities" 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</nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Blackpool</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blekpul" title="Blekpul – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Blekpul" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84" title="بلکپول – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بلکپول" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2" title="ব্ল্যাকপুল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্ল্যাকপুল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блэкпул – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Блэкпул" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блэкпул – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Блэкпул" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блакпул – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Блакпул" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Blackpool (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Blackpool (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB" title="Μπλάκπουλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπλάκπουλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84" title="بلکپول – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بلکپول" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99%ED%92%80" title="블랙풀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="블랙풀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%84%D6%83%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC" title="Բլեքփուլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բլեքփուլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блэкпул – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Блэкпул" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C" title="בלקפול – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בלקפול" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბლეკპული – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბლეკპული" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Блэкпул шаары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Блэкпул шаары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blekp%C5%ABla" title="Blekpūla – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Blekpūla" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blakpulas" title="Blakpulas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Blakpulas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84" title="بلاكبول – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بلاكبول" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB" title="ブラックプール – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブラックプール" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nordfriisk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Piemontèis</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blekpul" title="Blekpul – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Blekpul" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Qaraqalpaqsha</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блэкпул – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Блэкпул" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_(Anglicko)" title="Blackpool (Anglicko) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Blackpool (Anglicko)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ślůnski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блекпул – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Блекпул" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D3%99%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Бләкпул – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бләкпул" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5" title="แบล็กพูล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แบล็กพูล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Блекпул – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Блекпул" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84" title="بلیکپول – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بلیکپول" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target">Volapük</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Blackpool" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Location_map_United_Kingdom_The_Fylde.svg/360px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_The_Fylde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Location_map_United_Kingdom_The_Fylde.svg/480px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_The_Fylde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="658" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.332%;left:6.912%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><img alt="Blackpool" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Blackpool</div></div></div></div><div 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style="top:55.876%;left:7.247%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><img alt="Blackpool" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Blackpool</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a></div>Show map of Lancashire</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">34.47 km2 (13.31 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">141,000 (<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4,091/km2 (10,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Blackpudlian</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Unitary authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Blackpool" title="Borough of 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scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_and_Fleetwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool North and Fleetwood</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool South</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blackpool.gov.uk">blackpool.gov.uk</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style 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li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>List of places</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Lancashire" title="List of places in Lancashire">Lancashire</a></dd></dl></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blackpool&params=53_48_51_N_3_03_01_W_region:GB_type:city(141000)">53°48′51″N 3°03′01″W / 53.81417°N 3.05028°W / 53.81417; -3.05028</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Blackpool is a <a href="/wiki/Seaside_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaside town">seaside town</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England. It is located on the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> coast of <a href="/wiki/The_Fylde" title="The Fylde">the Fylde</a> peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and 14 miles (23 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>. It is the main settlement in the <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Blackpool" title="Borough of Blackpool">borough of the same name</a>. Blackpool was originally a small hamlet; it began to grow in the mid-eighteenth century, when sea bathing for health purposes became fashionable. Blackpool's beach was suitable for this activity, and by 1781 several hotels had been built. The opening of a railway station in 1846 allowed more visitors to reach the resort, which continued to grow for the remainder of the nineteenth century. In 1876, the town became a borough. Blackpool's development was closely tied to the Lancashire <a href="/wiki/Cotton_mill" title="Cotton mill">cotton-mill</a> practice of annual factory maintenance shutdowns, known as <a href="/wiki/Wakes_week" title="Wakes week">wakes weeks</a>, when many workers chose to visit the seaside. The town saw large growth during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. By 1951 its population had reached 147,000. In the late 20th century, changing holiday preferences and increased overseas travel impacted Blackpool's standing as a leading resort. Despite economic challenges, the town's urban fabric and economy remain centred around tourism. Today, Blackpool's seafront, featuring landmarks such as <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Illuminations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Pleasure Beach</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a>, continue to draw millions of visitors annually.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> The town is home to football club <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool F.C.</a>. The population of Blackpool at the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a> was 141,000, a decrease of 1,100 since the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a>.<a href="#cite_note-HowLife-2">[2]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool.1784.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Blackpool.1784.jpg/200px-Blackpool.1784.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Blackpool.1784.jpg/300px-Blackpool.1784.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Blackpool.1784.jpg/400px-Blackpool.1784.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1011" /></a><figcaption>View of Blackpool, 1784</figcaption></figure> In 1970, a 13,500-year-old <a href="/wiki/Alces_alces" class="mw-redirect" title="Alces alces">elk</a> skeleton was found with man-made barbed bone points. Now displayed in the <a href="/wiki/Harris_Museum" title="Harris Museum">Harris Museum</a> this provided the first evidence of <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a> living on <a href="/wiki/The_Fylde" title="The Fylde">the Fylde</a>.<a href="#cite_note-amounderness-3">[3]</a> The Fylde was also home to a British tribe, the <a href="/wiki/Setantii" title="Setantii">Setantii</a> (the "dwellers in the water") a sub-tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Brigantes" title="Brigantes">Brigantes</a>. Some of the earliest villages on the Fylde, which were later to become part of Blackpool town, were named in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> in 1086.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> times Blackpool emerged as a few farmsteads on the coast within Layton-with-Warbreck, the name coming from "le pull", a stream that drained <a href="/wiki/Marton_Mere" class="mw-redirect" title="Marton Mere">Marton Mere</a> and Marton Moss into the sea. The stream ran through peatlands that discoloured the water, so the name for the area became "Black Poole". In the 15th century the area was just called Pul, and a 1532 map calls the area "the pole howsys alias the north howsys".[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 1602, entries in <a href="/wiki/Bispham_Parish_Church" title="Bispham Parish Church">Bispham Parish Church</a> baptismal register include both Poole and for the first time blackpoole. The first house of any substance, Foxhall, was built by the Tyldesley family of <a href="/wiki/Myerscough,_Lancashire" title="Myerscough, Lancashire">Myerscough</a> Lodge and existed in the latter part of the 17th century. By the end of that century it was occupied by squire and diarist <a href="/wiki/Tyldesley_Diary" title="Tyldesley Diary">Thomas Tyldesley</a>, grandson of the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tyldesley" title="Thomas Tyldesley">Sir Thomas Tyldesley</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a> in 1767 enclosed a <a href="/wiki/Commons" title="Commons">common</a>, mostly sand hills on the coast, that stretched from Spen Dyke southwards (see <a href="/wiki/Main_Dyke" title="Main Dyke">Main Dyke</a>).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sea_bathing_and_the_growth_of_seaside_resorts">Sea bathing and the growth of seaside resorts</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sea bathing and the growth of seaside resorts">edit</a>]</div> In the 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Sea_bathing" title="Sea bathing">sea bathing</a> gained popularity for health benefits, drawing visitors to Blackpool as a <a href="/wiki/Resort" title="Resort">tourist resort</a>. By 1788, there were about 50 houses on the sea bank. Of these around six accommodated wealthy visitors while a number of other private dwellings lodged the "inferior class whose sole motive for visiting this airy region was health".<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> In 1781, The town's amenities, including hotels, archery stall, and bowling greens, slowly expanded. By 1801, the population reached 473. Henry Banks, instrumental in Blackpool's growth, purchased Lane Ends estate in 1819, building the first holiday cottages in 1837.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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Find sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Blackpool%22">"Blackpool"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Blackpool%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Blackpool%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Blackpool%22+-wikipedia">books</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Blackpool%22">scholar</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Blackpool%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a> (December 2023) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg/220px-On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg/330px-On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg/440px-On_the_sands_at_Blackpool_1895.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="969" /></a><figcaption>Blackpool sands in 1895</figcaption></figure> By the early 19th century, small purpose-built facilities began catering for a <a href="/wiki/Middle_class" title="Middle class">middle-class</a> market, although substantial numbers of working people from manufacturing towns were "being drawn to Blackpool's charms".<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> In 1846, a pivotal event marked the early growth of the town: the completion of a railway branch line to Blackpool from Poulton. This spurred development as visitors flocked in by rail, boosting the town's economy. Blackpool prospered with the construction of accommodations and attractions, fostering rapid growth in the 1850s and 1860s. A Board of Health was established in 1851, gas lighting in 1852, and piped water in 1864. The town's population exceeded 2,500 by 1851. North Pier opened in 1863, designed by <a href="/wiki/Eugenius_Birch" title="Eugenius Birch">Eugenius Birch</a> for Blackpool's "better classes", and always retained its unique qualities of being a quieter, more reflective place compared with Blackpool's other two piers.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> The following half century included the construction of two further piers – South Pier (now <a href="/wiki/Central_Pier,_Blackpool" title="Central Pier, Blackpool">Central Pier</a>) in 1868 and <a href="/wiki/South_Pier,_Blackpool" title="South Pier, Blackpool">Victoria (now South Pier)</a> in 1893 – the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> (1878), <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a> (1894) and the earliest surviving rides at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Blackpool Pleasure Beach</a> (founded in 1896). Blackpool's Royal Palace Gardens at Raikes Hall was a world-famous destination for variety and <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> stars from the mid-18th century. It boasted a Grand Opera House, Indian Room for theatrical and variety performances, a Niagara café with <a href="/wiki/Cyclorama" title="Cyclorama">cyclorama</a>, a skating rink and fern house, an elaborate <a href="/wiki/Conservatory_(greenhouse)" title="Conservatory (greenhouse)">conservatory</a>, monkey house, <a href="/wiki/Aviary" title="Aviary">aviary</a> and outside dancing platform for several thousand people. The gardens also had carriage drives and walkways with Grecian and Roman statues for promenaders to enjoy. There was also a <a href="/wiki/Boating_lake" title="Boating lake">boating lake</a> and a racing track with <a href="/wiki/Grandstand" title="Grandstand">grandstand</a> for several thousand. More than 40,000 visitors passed through its gates during the opening week in 1872.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">Working-class</a> tourists dominated the heart of the resort, which was the go-to destination for workers from the industrial north and their families. Entire towns would close down their industries during <a href="/wiki/Wakes_week" title="Wakes week">Wakes weeks</a> between June and September, with a different town on holiday each week. Communities would travel to Blackpool together, first by <a href="/wiki/Charabanc" title="Charabanc">charabanc</a> and later by train.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> But Blackpool still catered for a "significant middle-class market during the spring and autumn" favouring the residential area of North Shore.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_promenade,_Blackpool,_Lancashire,_England,_ca._1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg/220px-The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg/330px-The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg/440px-The_promenade%2C_Blackpool%2C_Lancashire%2C_England%2C_ca._1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3541" data-file-height="2627" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Photochrom" title="Photochrom">Photochrom</a> of the Promenade c. 1898</figcaption></figure> Blackpool's growth since the 1870s was shaped by its pioneering use of electrical power. Electric lighting came to Blackpool in 1879, as it became the world's first municipality with electric street lighting along the promenade, setting the stage for the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Blackpool Illuminations</a>. 100,000 people congregated to see the promenade illuminated on the evening of 19 September 1879. Work started in Blackpool on the UK's first electric public tramway on 24 February 1884 and the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tramway" title="Blackpool Tramway">Blackpool Tramway</a> officially opened on 29 September 1885.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> It established one of the world's earliest electric tramways, initially operated by the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Electric_Tramway_Company" title="Blackpool Electric Tramway Company">Blackpool Electric Tramway Company</a>. By 1899, the tramway expanded, and the conduit system was replaced by overhead wires. The system still remains in service. Blackpool became one of the first towns to mark important civic events with illuminated tram-cars when five Corporation trams were decorated with coloured lights to mark the Diamond Jubilee of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> in 1897.<a href="#cite_note-:2-12">[12]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg/220px-Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg/330px-Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg/440px-Eric_and_Mabel_Moorhouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1380" /></a><figcaption>Holiday makers from Yorkshire, c1930</figcaption></figure> By the 1890s, Blackpool had a population of 35,000 and could host 250,000 holidaymakers. Notable structures, like the Grand Theatre (1894) and Blackpool Tower, emerged. The Grand Theatre was among Britain's first all-electric theatres. The Victorian and Edwardian period saw a significant construction of hotels and other accommodation, including the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Metropole_Hotel" title="Grand Metropole Hotel">Grand Metropole Hotel</a> (1873 but incorporating an earlier hotel that had opened in 1785), the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Hotel,_Blackpool" title="Imperial Hotel, Blackpool">Imperial Hotel</a> (1867) and the <a href="/wiki/Norbreck_Castle_Hotel" title="Norbreck Castle Hotel">Norbreck Castle Hotel</a> (1912).<a href="#cite_note-t255-13">[13]</a> These hotels remain extant.<a href="#cite_note-t255-13">[13]</a> In 1897, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Blackpool" title="Borough of Blackpool">Blackpool Corporation</a> prohibited "<a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">phrenologists</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">quack</a>" doctors, <a href="/wiki/Palmistry" title="Palmistry">palmists</a>, mock auctions and cheap jacks" hawking on Blackpool sands. The outliers moved onto Central Promenade where they erected stalls in front gardens. The stretch became known as the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Blackpool)" title="Golden Mile (Blackpool)">Golden Mile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sideshow" title="Sideshow">sideshows</a> became one of its key features until the 1960s.<a href="#cite_note-:3-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900_to_1960s">1900 to 1960s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1900 to 1960s">edit</a>]</div> In 1911, the town's Central Station was the busiest in the world, and in July 1936, 650 trains came and went in a single day.<a href="#cite_note-:1-15">[15]</a> In May 1912 <a href="/wiki/Princess_Louise,_Duchess_of_Argyll" title="Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll">Princess Louise</a> officially opened a new section of North Promenade – Princess Parade – and lights were erected to mark the occasion.<a href="#cite_note-:2-12">[12]</a> The <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> called a temporary halt to the display in 1914 but by 1925 the lights were back with giant animated tableaux being added and extending the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Blackpool Illuminations</a> to almost six miles from Squires Gate to Red Bank Road.<a href="#cite_note-y993-16">[16]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg/220px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg/330px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg/440px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_postcard_1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="828" data-file-height="521" /></a><figcaption>The Golden Mile in 1972</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg/220px-The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg/330px-The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg/440px-The_North_Pier_Blackpool_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="840" /></a><figcaption>Blackpool's North Pier</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg/220px-Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg/330px-Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg/440px-Blackpool_promenade_steps_at_high_tide.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3963" data-file-height="2972" /></a><figcaption>Promenade steps at high tide in 2017</figcaption></figure> The inter-war period saw Blackpool develop and mature as a holiday destination.<a href="#cite_note-g060-17">[17]</a> By 1920 Blackpool had around eight million visitors per year, still drawn largely from the mill towns of East <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Blackpool's population boom was complete by 1951, by which time some 147,000 people were living in the town – compared with 47,000 in 1901 and 14,000 in 1881.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In the 1920s and 1930s, Blackpool was Britain's most popular resort, which <a href="/wiki/JB_Priestley" class="mw-redirect" title="JB Priestley">JB Priestley</a> referred to as "the great, roaring, spangled beast".<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> It provided visitors with entertainment and accommodation on an industrial scale. At its height it hosted more than 10 million visitors a year and its entertainment venues could seat more than 60,000 people.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] During the Second World War, the illuminations were again suspended from 1939, not resuming until 1948.<a href="#cite_note-y993-16">[16]</a> Blackpool remained a popular resort through much of the 20th century and, in contrast to most resorts, increased in size during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> – remaining open while others closed and with many civil servants and military personnel sent to live and work there.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> The town continued to attract more visitors in the decade after the war, reaching a peak of 17 million per year.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s_to_present">1960s to present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1960s to present">edit</a>]</div> By the 1960s the UK tourism industry was undergoing radical changes. The increasing popularity of <a href="/wiki/Package_holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Package holiday">package holidays</a> took many of Blackpool's traditional visitors abroad. The construction of the <a href="/wiki/M55_motorway" title="M55 motorway">M55 motorway</a> in 1975 made Blackpool more feasible as a day trip rather than an overnight stay. The modern economy, however, remains relatively undiversified and firmly rooted in the tourism sector.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Many seaside resorts fell from grace during the latter half of the 20th century as mobility, wealth, visitor aspirations and competition were in a state of flux, but Blackpool managed to retain its popular/working-class appeal as the "Las Vegas of the North".<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Despite economic restructuring, increased competition and other challenges, Blackpool continues as a seaside visitor destination.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Tourism in the town supports 25,000 full-time equivalent jobs – one in five of the workforce. In 2023 the town was named the nation's best-value holiday destination. In 2021 18.8 million visitors contributed £1.5 billion to the local economy, making Blackpool the nation's biggest seaside resort.<a href="#cite_note-:1-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In 2022 the resort attracted a further 1.5 million visitors – a total figure of 20.33 million, contributing £1.7bn to the local economy and supporting more than 22,000 jobs.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physical">Physical</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Physical">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_,_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg/220px-Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg/330px-Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg/440px-Blackpool_%2C_Blackpool_Scenery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4205965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4178" data-file-height="2775" /></a><figcaption>The view from <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a></figcaption></figure> Blackpool rests in the middle of the western edge of <a href="/wiki/The_Fylde" title="The Fylde">The Fylde</a>, which is a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_plain" title="Coastal plain">coastal plain</a> atop a <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a>. The seafront consists of a 7-mile sandy beach,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> with a flat coastline in the south of the district, which rises once past the North Pier to become the North Cliffs, with the highest point nearby at the <a href="/wiki/Bispham_Rock_Gardens" title="Bispham Rock Gardens">Bispham Rock Gardens</a> at around 34 metres (112 ft).<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The majority of the town district is built up, with very little semi-rural space such as at Marton Mere. Due to the low-lying terrain, Blackpool experiences occasional flooding,<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> with a large-scale project completed in 2017 to rebuild the seawall and promenade to mitigate this.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool has a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime climate">temperate maritime climate</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> system. Typically, cool summers, frequent overcast skies and small annual temperature range fluctuations. The minimum temperature recorded was −15.1 °C (4.8 °F),<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> recorded during December 1981, however −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) was recorded in January 1881.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The absolute maximum temperature recorded in Blackpool was 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) during a <a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_heat_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 United Kingdom heat wave">2022 United Kingdom heat wave</a>. During an average summer, the warmest temperature reached 28.5 °C (83.3 °F) between 1991 and 2020.<a href="#cite_note-Infoclimat-30">[30]</a> Precipitation averages slightly less than 900 mm (35 in), with over 1 mm of precipitation occurring on 147 days of the year.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Blackpool (<a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Airport" title="Blackpool Airport">BLK</a>),<a href="#cite_note-32">[a]</a> elevation: 10 m (33 ft), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1960–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3 (57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4 (65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4 (66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4 (75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6 (83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3 (88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2 (99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2 (90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0 (86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2 (79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8 (62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0 (59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.2 (99.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 (51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 (52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8 (58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0 (66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4 (74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5 (77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3 (79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2 (77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9 (73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7 (65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1 (57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7 (53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.5 (83.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 (45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 (46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 (49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6 (54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7 (60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1 (64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8 (67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5 (67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6 (63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1 (57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 (50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 (46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.4 (56.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 (40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 (41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 (43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 (48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 (53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5 (58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4 (61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3 (61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1 (57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 (52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 (45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 (41.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.2 (50.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3 (36.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2 (36.0) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 (38.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 (41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 (46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 (51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9 (55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0 (55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 (51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 (46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 (41.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5 (36.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.0 (44.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.8 (25.2) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.1 (26.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.4 (27.7) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4 (31.3) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 (36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 (44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 (48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 (46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 (39.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5 (34.7) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9 (28.6) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5 (23.9) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−5.9 (21.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.5 (11.3) </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.2 (8.2) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.7 (14.5) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.1 (21.0) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9 (28.6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0 (30.2) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 (37.9) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 (35.4) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.7 (30.7) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.3 (24.3) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0 (19.4) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.1 (4.8) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−15.1 (4.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8 (3.06) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.0 (2.52) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.4 (2.14) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.7 (1.92) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0 (2.13) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1 (2.48) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.0 (2.60) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9 (3.15) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.5 (3.29) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101.4 (3.99) </td> <td style="background: #6DFF6D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.7 (3.73) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.1 (3.90) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">886.6 (34.91) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) </th> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.7 </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">147.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #646464; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55.0 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4 </td> <td style="background: #B6B661; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.3 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.9 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">210.1 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.1 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.6 </td> <td style="background: #C2C217; color:#000000;" class="notheme">141.8 </td> <td style="background: #ACAC9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.0 </td> <td style="background: #727272; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.7 </td> <td style="background: #5A5A5A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.3 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD36; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,591.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a><a href="#cite_note-Met_Averages-33">[32]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute">KNMI</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> Infoclimat<a href="#cite_note-Infoclimat-30">[30]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> Weather station is located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) from the Blackpool town centre. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_belt">Green belt</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Green belt">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/North_West_Green_Belt" title="North West Green Belt">North West Green Belt</a></div> Blackpool is within a <a href="/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom)" title="Green belt (United Kingdom)">green belt</a> region that extends into the wider surrounding counties. It is in place to reduce <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a>, prevent the towns in the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_urban_area" title="Blackpool urban area">Blackpool urban area</a> and other nearby conurbations in Lancashire from further convergence, protect the identity of outlying communities, encourage <a href="/wiki/Brownfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Brownfield">brownfield</a> reuse, and preserve nearby countryside. This is achieved by restricting development deemed as inappropriate within the designated areas, and imposing stricter conditions on the permitted building.<a href="#cite_note-belt-35">[34]</a> As the town's urban area is highly built up, only 70 hectares (0.70 km2; 0.27 sq mi) (2017)<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> of green belt exists within the borough, covering the cemetery, its grounds and nearby academy/college playing fields by Carleton, as well as the football grounds near the airport by St Annes.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> Further afield, portions are dispersed around the wider Blackpool urban area into the surrounding Lancashire districts of Fylde and Wyre, helping to keep the settlements of Lytham St Annes, Poulton-le-Fylde, Warton/Freckleton and Kirkham separated.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool's population was approximately 141,000 in 2021 according to census figures – a fall of 0.7 per cent from the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a>.<a href="#cite_note-HowLife-2">[2]</a> It is one of five North West local authority areas to have recorded a fall in this period, during which the figure for England as a whole rose by 6.6 per cent. Blackpool is the third most densely populated local authority in the North West, with 4,046 people per square kilometre, compared with 4,773 in Manchester and 4,347 in Liverpool.<a href="#cite_note-auto-39">[38]</a> In 2021, 41 per cent of Blackpool residents reported having 'No religion', up from 24.5 per cent in 2011. Across England the percentage increased from 24.8 per cent to 36.7 per cent. However, because the census question about religion was voluntary and has varying response rates, the ONS warns that 'caution is needed when comparing figures between different areas or between censuses'.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] According to the 2021 census, 49.5 per cent of residents aged 16 years and over were employed (excluding full-time students), with 3.8 per cent unemployed (a drop from 5.4 per cent in 2011). The proportion of retired residents was 23.8 per cent. Just over a tenth of people aged 16 and over worked 15 hours or less a week.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Blackpool's population is forecast to rise slightly to 141,500 by 2044, with the 45-64-year-old group showing the greatest decrease. The number of residents over 65 years old is projected to rise to almost 36,000, making up 26 per cent of the total population.<a href="#cite_note-auto-39">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_politics">Governance and politics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Governance and politics">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Blackpool Council</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG/220px-Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG/330px-Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG/440px-Blackpool_Town_Hall_-_DSC07226.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Town_Hall" title="Blackpool Town Hall">Blackpool Town Hall</a> (1895–1900) by Messrs <a href="/wiki/Edward_Potts_(architect)" title="Edward Potts (architect)">Potts, Son & Henning</a></figcaption></figure> There is just one tier of local government covering Blackpool, being the <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a> of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Blackpool Council</a>, which is based at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Town_Hall" title="Blackpool Town Hall">Blackpool Town Hall</a> on Talbot Square. Parts of the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool Urban Area">Blackpool Urban Area</a> extend beyond the borough boundaries of Blackpool into the neighbouring boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wyre" title="Borough of Wyre">Wyre</a> (which includes <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood" title="Fleetwood">Fleetwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveleys" title="Cleveleys">Cleveleys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Lancashire" title="Thornton, Lancashire">Thornton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poulton-le-Fylde" title="Poulton-le-Fylde">Poulton-le-Fylde</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Fylde" title="Borough of Fylde">Fylde</a> (which covers <a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham St Annes</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_history">Administrative history</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administrative history">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool was historically part of the <a href="/wiki/Township_(England)" title="Township (England)">township</a> of <a href="/wiki/Layton,_Blackpool" title="Layton, Blackpool">Layton with Warbreck</a>, which was part of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient parish">ancient parish</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bispham,_Blackpool" title="Bispham, Blackpool">Bispham</a>. The township was constituted a <a href="/wiki/Local_Board_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Board of Health">Local Board of Health District</a> in 1851, governed by a local board.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> In 1868 the Layton with Warbreck district was renamed the Blackpool district.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> In 1876 the district was elevated to become a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a>, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Blackpool", but generally known as the corporation or town council.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> The borough was enlarged several times, notably in 1879, when it took in parts of the neighbouring parishes of <a href="/wiki/Marton,_Blackpool" title="Marton, Blackpool">Marton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bispham_with_Norbreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Bispham with Norbreck">Bispham with Norbreck</a>,<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> in 1918, when it absorbed the rest of Bispham with Norbreck, and in 1934, when it absorbed the rest of Marton.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> In 1904 Blackpool was made a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, taking over county-level functions from <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> This was reverted in 1974 when Blackpool became a lower-tier <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">non-metropolitan district</a> with the county council once more providing services in the town.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> Blackpool regained its independence from the county council in 1998 when it was made a unitary authority.<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> Blackpool remains part of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_county" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial county">ceremonial county</a> of Lancashire for the purposes of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_area" title="Lieutenancy area">lieutenancy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_constituencies">Parliamentary constituencies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Parliamentary constituencies">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool is covered by two <a href="/wiki/Uk_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Uk parliament">Westminster constituencies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_and_Fleetwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool North and Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool South</a></li></ul> Until 1945, the area was represented by just one constituency, named <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool</a>. This was replaced by the new Blackpool North and Blackpool South constituencies. Blackpool North became Blackpool North and Cleveleys for the 2010 general election, when Conservative <a href="/wiki/Paul_Maynard" title="Paul Maynard">Paul Maynard</a> became MP. Another Conservative, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Benton_(politician)" title="Scott Benton (politician)">Scott Benton</a>, won Blackpool South from longstanding Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Marsden" title="Gordon Marsden">Gordon Marsden</a> in 2019. Benton resigned on 25 March 2024, however, after the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards">Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards</a> investigated a fake lobbying role he was offered by undercover reporters from <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> The constituencies were reorganised for the 2024 general election, following recommendations from the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> for England that aim to make the number of voters in the country's seats more equal.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> Blackpool South was expanded to take in new wards near the north of the constituency. The Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency incorporated Fleetwood and five wards from the Blackpool Council area, and was renamed Blackpool North and Fleetwood – as a similar seat was known between 1997 and 2010. In 2022 Maynard told the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Gazette" title="Blackpool Gazette">Blackpool Gazette</a>: "I am sure that residents of Fleetwood will be glad to be reunited with the rest of the Fylde coast, as they are geographically."<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a>]</div> As a local authority area, Blackpool's gross domestic product (GDP) was approximately £3.2 billion in 2020 – 0.2 per cent of the English economy. GDP fell by 2.2 per cent between 2019 and 2020.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> Seventy-five per cent of people of working age in Blackpool were economically active in 2021, with 51,600 in full-time employment and 7,900 self-employed. The average for the North West is 72.9 per cent and for England is 74.8 per cent.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> Twenty-five per cent of jobs were in human health and social work – compared with 13.6 per cent nationally. Reflecting Blackpool's strong tourism industry, 10.9 per cent were in accommodation and food services. With aerospace company <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE</a> situated in the wider area and the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">Civil Service</a> one of its major employers, the proportion of people working in public administration, defence and compulsory social security is also higher than the national average – 12.5 per cent compared with 4.6 per cent.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> In a survey of the UK's 63 largest cities and towns – using primary urban areas, a measure of the built-up area rather than local authority boundaries – the think tank <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Cities" title="Centre for Cities">Centre for Cities</a> said Blackpool's gross value added (GVA) was £5.2 billion in 2020, with GVA per hour of £32.7. That placed it at 53rd and 40th place in the survey respectively. It was also in the lower half of the rankings for business start-ups, closures and overall stock, as well as the proportion of new economy firms.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> Blackpool is the third lowest local authority area in the UK for gross median weekly pay. Its growth rates were forecast to be among the lowest localities in the UK Competitiveness Index 2023 - along with <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Gwent" title="Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent</a> (Wales), <a href="/wiki/Burnley" title="Burnley">Burnley</a> (North West), <a href="/wiki/Torbay" title="Torbay">Torbay</a> (South West), and <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a> (Wales).<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> Blackpool is also the main centre of the wider Fylde Coast sub-regional economy, containing other coastal towns, including <a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham</a>, market towns, an agricultural hinterland and some industry.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> Polymers company <a href="/wiki/Victrex" title="Victrex">Victrex</a>, in Thornton and formerly part of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries" title="Imperial Chemical Industries">ICI</a>, is one of the major private sector companies headquartered in the area. Sports car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/TVR" title="TVR">TVR</a> was based in Blackpool until 2006, and national jewellery chain <a href="/wiki/Beaverbrooks" title="Beaverbrooks">Beaverbrooks</a>, founded in 1919, relocated its head office to St Annes in 1946.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Economic development officials highlight Blackpool's role in industry sectors including aerospace and advanced engineering, advanced materials technologies, regional energy, and food manufacturing. As well as BAE, leading aerospace companies in the area include <a href="/wiki/Magellan_Aerospace" title="Magellan Aerospace">Magellan Aerospace</a> and Force Technology. In advanced materials, AGC and Victrex are significant companies. In energy, nuclear fuel manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Company" title="Westinghouse Electric Company">Westinghouse</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Nuclear_Laboratory" title="National Nuclear Laboratory">National Nuclear Laboratory</a> and offshore energy companies <a href="/wiki/%C3%98rsted_(company)" title="Ørsted (company)">Orsted</a>, NVH and Helispeed all have operations in the area. Blackpool's travel to work area has 2.5 times the Great Britain-average concentration of food manufacturing workers.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conferences_and_exhibitions">Conferences and exhibitions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Conferences and exhibitions">edit</a>]</div> During the second half of the 20th century and up to 2007, Blackpool was one of the country's leading locations for political conferences, with the three main parties as well as bodies such as the TUC holding events at the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a>. With the Winter Gardens in need of refurbishment at the time and parties preferring inland city locations to coastal resorts, Blackpool held no major political conferences between 2008 and 2021. The Conservatives returned for their spring event in 2022 in the newly rebuilt Winter Gardens Conference and Exhibition Centre.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regeneration">Regeneration</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Regeneration">edit</a>]</div> Like most UK coastal resorts, Blackpool declined from the 1960s onwards with the rise of overseas holidays. This coincided with a lack of investment in the town and its facilities for both residents and tourists.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> Fulfilment of a 1965 masterplan to remodel the town centre was "limited and piecemeal", according to Historic England.<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> Ambitious plans to redevelop the centre "stuttered to a halt in the early 1970s". Large numbers of homes were deemed unfit for human habitation and by 1993, almost 30 per cent of households did not have central heating, compared with the national average of 8.5 per cent. A new masterplan in 2003 was a response to this decline and the growing threat from coastal erosion. It was described by English Heritage as a "bold attempt to ensure the future of the town". Blackpool had looked at regeneration possibilities that would include an Atlantic City– or Las Vegas–style resort casino that Leisure Parcs, then owner of Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens, unveiled £1 billion plans for in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> By 2007, Blackpool and Greenwich in London were considered frontrunners among the seven bidders for Britain's first and only <a href="/wiki/Regional_casino" title="Regional casino">supercasino</a> licence;<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> however, nearby Manchester won the bidding process. The Casino Advisory Panel ruled that the "regeneration benefits of the supercasino for Blackpool are unproven and more limited geographically than other proposals". The government later abandoned the supercasino licence altogether following a legislative defeat in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg/220px-Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg/330px-Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg/440px-Blackpool_Promenade_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4713799.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3050" data-file-height="1113" /></a><figcaption>Blackpool's revamped promenade</figcaption></figure> In response to Blackpool losing the supercasino bid and lobbying from the town's disappointed leaders, ministers increased its regeneration spending,<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> coordinated by an <a href="/wiki/Urban_Regeneration_Company" title="Urban Regeneration Company">Urban Regeneration Company</a> ReBlackpool, set up in 2005.<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> Before being wound up in 2010, ReBlackpool led on Central Seafront, a £73 million coastal protection scheme that brought new promenades and seawalls for the town, funded by Government, the North West Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund.<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> ReBlackpool also prepared the Talbot Gateway scheme, appointing Muse Developments to develop 160,000 sq m of office and business space, as well as retail and hotel units, on a 10ha plot near <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North Station</a>. Blackpool Council agreed to relocate its offices to the development and there were plans for a new public transport interchange.<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> In 2010, Blackpool Council bought landmarks <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> and the Golden Mile Centre from leisure entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hemmings" title="Trevor Hemmings">Trevor Hemmings</a>, aiming to refurbish them in a "last-ditch effort to arrest Blackpool's economic decline".<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> Public ownership enabled significant further investment in the facilities.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> The restoration of the Tower's stained glass windows was carried out by local specialist Aaron Whiteside, who was given a Blackpool Council conservation award for the work.<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> Refurbishment of the Winter Gardens conference centre was completed in time to host the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> spring conference in 2022, with further work announced in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> Blackpool Council was one of four local authorities in the Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Economic Development Company – the others being <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Fylde Borough Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Wyre" title="Borough of Wyre">Wyre Borough Council</a>. It oversaw the development of the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Airport" title="Blackpool Airport">Blackpool Airport</a> Development Zone, which came into existence in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> It offers tax breaks and simplified planning to employers. Blackpool Council, once again owner of the airport since it acquired it from Balfour Beatty in 2017, is seeking outline planning consent to build five new hangars and a commercial unit. The masterplan for the Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone then envisages a new digital and technology quarter called Silicon Sands.<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> In 2018, Blackpool Council announced plans for the 7-acre Blackpool Central development, on the site of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_railway_station" title="Blackpool Central railway station">Blackpool Central Station</a>, which was closed in 1964. The council agreed to provide the land for the scheme – which had earlier been earmarked for the supercasino – but it was to be private-sector funded, led by developer Nikal.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> It aims to provide a new public square, hotels, restaurants, a food market and car park.<a href="#cite_note-Rabbit-78">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Talbot_Gateway">Talbot Gateway</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Talbot Gateway">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg/220px-Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg/330px-Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg/440px-Talbot_Gateway_Construction_Work_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3464134.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Talbot Gateway Construction Work</figcaption></figure> The first phase of Talbot Gateway was completed in 2014 with the opening of the Number One Bickerstaffe Square council office, a supermarket and a refurbished multi-storey car park, and public spaces.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> Phase two, including a new Holiday Inn and a tram terminal for the extended tramway between North Pier and North Station, began in 2021 and was due to be completed by 2022 but was delayed and it opened in May 2024.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> But new ground floor retail units were released in July 2023.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> Construction started in February 2023 on new government offices as part of phase three of Talbot Gateway, and 3,000 <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a> staff are due to be relocated to the town after an expected completion date of March 2025.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> In January 2023, Blackpool and Wyre councils were awarded £40 million from the government's Levelling-Up Fund for a new education campus as part of phase four of Talbot Gateway. The campus will provide a new carbon-neutral base for <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_and_The_Fylde_College" title="Blackpool and The Fylde College">Blackpool and The Fylde College</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> This will involve "relocating" the existing Park Road campus which is considered to present challenges including dated infrastructure.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> The future of the 1937 building on Palatine Road – designed by civic architect JC Robinson for Blackpool Technical College and School of Art – is unknown. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blackpool_Central">Blackpool Central</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Blackpool Central">edit</a>]</div> Plans for Blackpool Central's multi-storey car park and Heritage Quarter were approved in October 2021, and construction of the car park began in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-Rabbit-78">[77]</a> But the £300 million development was stalled because of a lack of funding to move the Magistrates and County Courts from the site. In November 2022, Levelling-Up Secretary <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> said his department would award £40 million of funding to enable that relocation and "revitalise this great town by delivering much-needed homes, more jobs and new opportunities for local people".<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heritage_Action_Zone">Heritage Action Zone</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Heritage Action Zone">edit</a>]</div> The Blackpool Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) aims to bring new uses to the town centre by restoring buildings and promoting creative activities. Blackpool is one of more than 60 locations in the UK to have Heritage Action Zones, and its initial funding of £532,575 was secured in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a> Restoration of buildings is taking place on Topping Street, Edward Street and Deansgate, while the largest part of the scheme is the Church Street frontage of the Winter Gardens. The Art Deco building of 28 Topping Street has become a community creative hub run by Aunty Social, a voluntary arts organisation focussing on socially engaged work in gentle spaces and directed by Catherine Mugonyi<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a> and a building on Edward Street is to be converted into live/work for local artists and creatives.<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> Abingdon Street Market was partially reopened to the public in May 2023 after a three-year closure due to urgent maintenance works.<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> The Edward Street side of the market was redesigned as a food hall and space for live entertainment and community events. The retail side of the market – located via the Abingdon Street entrance – was due to open in Winter 2023. The market was purchased by the council with £3.6 million of government funding through the Getting Building Fund. Renovations were funded with further government money – £315,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and £90,000 from the HAZ. The market is operated by Little Blackpool Leisure which comprises local directors.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> The HAZ cultural programme has included artist-led workshops and activities, and pop up creative markets.<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Tourism">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_tourist_attractions">Main tourist attractions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Main tourist attractions">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attraction</th> <th>Opened</th> <th>Picture </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/North_Pier,_Blackpool" title="North Pier, Blackpool">North Pier</a> </th> <td>1863 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Pier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/North_Pier.jpg/220px-North_Pier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/North_Pier.jpg/330px-North_Pier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/North_Pier.jpg/440px-North_Pier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Blackpool's first pier designed by the leading pier engineer <a href="/wiki/Eugenius_Birch" title="Eugenius Birch">Eugenius Birch</a>. Its pierhead was enlarged to house the Indian Pavilion of 1800 and the pier was doubled in width in 1897. Today it houses The <a href="/wiki/Joe_Longthorne" title="Joe Longthorne">Joe Longthorne</a> Theatre, five bars, amusements and rides including a Venetian carousel. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Central_Pier,_Blackpool" title="Central Pier, Blackpool">Central Pier</a> </th> <td>1868 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg/220px-Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg/330px-Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg/440px-Central_Pier_in_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6215324.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1703" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Designed by John Isaac Mawson for a more popular market than the North Pier, it was used for outdoor dancing originally, followed by roller skating and fairground rides in the mid-20th century. Today it has shops, bars, amusements, games and rides including a big wheel. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/South_Pier,_Blackpool" title="South Pier, Blackpool">South Pier</a> </th> <td>1893 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Pier,_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg/220px-South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg/330px-South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg/440px-South_Pier%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6066175.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="957" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Designed by T P Worthington and known as the Victoria Pier until 1930, it had an elaborate oriental-influenced pavilion by J D Harker,<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> shops, a bandstand and photograph stalls, and catered for more upmarket visitors. Today it has bars and food outlets, amusements and rides including a 38m <a href="/wiki/Bungee_jumping" title="Bungee jumping">bungee jump</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> </th> <td>1878 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_(56488808).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg/220px-Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg/330px-Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg/440px-Blackpool_Winter_Gardens_%2856488808%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Originally boasting an exotic, glass-roofed Floral Hall for promenading, indoor and outdoor skating rinks, and the Pavilion Hall for special events. The following half century included the addition of the Empress Ballroom (1896), Olympia (1930), several themed rooms including the Spanish Hall (1931), and the Opera House (1939).<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> In 2022 the new Conference & Exhibition Centre was opened.<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a> </th> <td>1894 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg/220px-Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg/330px-Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg/440px-Blackpool_tower_from_central_pier_ferris_wheel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2529" data-file-height="1857" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> Blackpool Tower was the tallest manmade structure in the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> when built – 518 feet (158 metres). Dr. Cocker's Aquarium, Aviary and Menagerie had existed on the site from 1873 and was incorporated into the structure – replaced by the Tower Dungeons in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Tower Circus</a> is one of four circus arenas worldwide that features a water finale, with a ring floor which lowers to reveal 42,000 gallons of water. The Tower Pavilion opened in 1894 and was replaced by the Tower Ballroom in 1898. Today the Tower attractions are the Tower Eye, Ballroom, Circus, Dungeon, Fifth Floor entertainment suite and Dino Mini Golf. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theatre,_Blackpool" title="Grand Theatre, Blackpool">Grand Theatre</a> </th> <td>1894 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Theatre,_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg/220px-Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg/330px-Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg/440px-Grand_Theatre%2C_Blackpool_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6089781.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1065" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Dubbed '<a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Matcham</a>'s masterpiece' the theatre has a flamboyant free <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> exterior and lavish interiors.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> The theatre opened with a production of <a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Barrett" title="Wilson Barrett">Wilson Barrett</a> in the starring role. The theatre closed in 1972 and reopened in 1981. Today it hosts a mix of popular and high culture shows including a programme of ballet each January. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Pleasure Beach</a> </th> <td>1896 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepsi_BM.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pepsi_BM.JPG/220px-Pepsi_BM.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pepsi_BM.JPG/330px-Pepsi_BM.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pepsi_BM.JPG/440px-Pepsi_BM.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="485" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Founded in 1896 by W G Bean in an area populated by <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani Gypsies</a>, the Pleasure Beach <a href="/wiki/Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement park</a> is still owned by Bean's descendants. Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machine, a large rotated swing ride, was erected in 1904 and still survives today.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> When it opened in 1994, <a href="/wiki/The_Big_One_(roller_coaster)" title="The Big One (roller coaster)">The Big One</a> was the tallest roller coaster in the world. In 2011 the park opened Nickelodeon Land. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds_Blackpool" title="Madame Tussauds Blackpool">Madame Tussauds</a> </th> <td>1900 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Tussaud" title="Louis Tussaud">Louis Tussaud</a>, the great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Marie_Tussaud" title="Marie Tussaud">Marie Tussaud</a>, moved to Blackpool in 1900 and opened waxworks in Blackpool in the basement of the Hippodrome Theatre, Church Street. In 1929 the Louis Tussaud's Waxworks opened on Central Promenade. It was closed in 2010 and re-opened as Madame Tussauds, operated by <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Entertainments" title="Merlin Entertainments">Merlin Entertainments</a>, in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Illuminations</a> </th> <td>1912 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg/220px-Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg/330px-Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg/440px-Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1462" data-file-height="1118" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Launched to celebrate the opening of Princess Parade on North Promenade, today the Illuminations stretch 6.2 miles (10 km) between Starr Gate and <a href="/wiki/Bispham,_Blackpool" title="Bispham, Blackpool">Bispham</a> and use over one million bulbs. The illuminations usually ran for 66 nights during autumn but have been extended into the winter months since the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">Covid pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> The lights are <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_switched_on_the_Blackpool_Illuminations" title="List of people who have switched on the Blackpool Illuminations">switched on annually by a celebrity</a>, over the years including <a href="/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield" title="Jayne Mansfield">Jayne Mansfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton" title="Tim Burton">Tim Burton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog" title="Kermit the Frog">Kermit the Frog</a>. Lightworks is the illuminations depot where manufacture and maintenance of all of the Blackpool Illuminations takes place. It is not open to the public but operates occasional heritage tours. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not!" title="Ripley's Believe It or Not!">Ripley's Believe it or Not</a> </th> <td>1973 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">An American franchise, the 'odditorium' is based on the extensive collection of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ripley" title="Robert Ripley">Robert Ripley</a> (1890–1949). Ripley's was originally on the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Blackpool)" title="Golden Mile (Blackpool)">Golden Mile</a> but moved close to the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Pleasure Beach</a> in 1991. Blackpool's collection includes animal oddities such as the two-headed calf and the world's smallest production car. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Zoo" title="Blackpool Zoo">Blackpool Zoo</a> </th> <td>1976 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">The zoo opened in 1972 on a site of the former <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park_Aerodrome_(Blackpool)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley Park Aerodrome (Blackpool)">Stanley Park Aerodrome</a> and housed two Asian elephants, three white rhinos, two giraffes, sea lions, <a href="/wiki/Gorilla" title="Gorilla">gorillas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chimpanzee" title="Chimpanzee">chimpanzees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orangutan" title="Orangutan">orangutans</a>, lions and two giant tortoises including Darwin, who died aged 105 in the year of the zoo's 50th anniversary, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> Today it houses over 1,000 animals and includes a wolf enclosure. In 2023 it opened a new big cat enclosure and a new £100k facility for its Magellanic penguin colony.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> In summer 2023 it welcomed its first critically endangered <a href="/wiki/Bornean_orangutan" title="Bornean orangutan">Bornean orangutan</a> baby for more than two decades after first-time mother Jingga gave birth.<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sandcastle_Waterpark_(Blackpool)" title="Sandcastle Waterpark (Blackpool)">Sandcastle Waterpark</a> </th> <td>1986 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">The Sandcastle was built on the site of the former South Shore Open Air Baths, which opened in 1923 and were modelled on the <a href="/wiki/Colosseum" title="Colosseum">Colosseum</a> in Rome.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> In 1986 it had two water slides and a <a href="/wiki/Wave_pool" title="Wave pool">wave pool</a> as well as decorative flamingos, palm trees, terraces and a constant temperature of 84 degrees. It also had a nightclub.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> Many original features remain but today it claims to be the UK's biggest indoor waterpark with 18 slides. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sea_Life" title="Sea Life">Sea Life</a> </th> <td>1990 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Located on Central Promenade and opened by <a href="/wiki/First_Leisure_Corporation" title="First Leisure Corporation">First Leisure</a> as the Sea Life Centre, the aquarium featured a transparent viewing "tunnel of fear" through a 500-million gallon tank holding ten species of predators.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> Now operated by <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Entertainments" title="Merlin Entertainments">Merlin Entertainments</a>, today it holds 2,500 aquatic creatures across 50 displays. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Peter_Rabbit" title="Peter Rabbit">Peter Rabbit</a>: Explore and Play </th> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Operated by <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Entertainments" title="Merlin Entertainments">Merlin Entertainments</a>, located on Central Promenade and based on <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Potter" title="Beatrix Potter">Beatrix Potter</a>'s storybook character, the interactive multi-sensory family attraction features challenges in themed zones including Jeremy Fisher's Sensory Pond, Mr McGregor's Garden, The Burrow and Mr. Bouncer's Invention Workshop. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Gruffalo" title="The Gruffalo">Gruffalo</a> & Friends Clubhouse </th> <td>2023 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Adapted from children's stories by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Donaldson" title="Julia Donaldson">Julia Donaldson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axel_Scheffler" title="Axel Scheffler">Axel Scheffler</a>, this attraction features play zones inspired by The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo's Child, Zog, The Snail and the Whale, Room on the Broom and The Highway Rat. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Showtown </th> <td>2024 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Blackpool's museum of entertainment opened in 2024. Exhibits will highlight Blackpool's entertainment heritage and include circus, shows, magic, Illuminations and dance. The museum will be on the first floor of the new Sands Venue Resort Hotel and Spa on Central Promenade. Items expected in the museum's collection are the famous bowler hat worn by <a href="/wiki/Stan_Laurel" title="Stan Laurel">Stan Laurel</a>, a prop used by the comedic magician <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Cooper" title="Tommy Cooper">Tommy Cooper</a>, and various mementos from the Tower Circus.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fringe_attractions">Fringe attractions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Fringe attractions">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attraction </th> <th>Opened in </th> <th>Picture </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Golden_Mile_(Blackpool)" title="Golden Mile (Blackpool)">Golden Mile</a> </th> <td>1897 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg/220px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg/330px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg/440px-Blackpool_Golden_Mile_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">The name given to the stretch of Promenade between the North and South <a href="/wiki/Pier" title="Pier">piers</a>. The promenade is actually 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometres) in length. It developed from traders who were prohibited from hawking on the sands and was home to sideshows until the 1960s.<a href="#cite_note-:3-14">[14]</a> Today it features many of the main attractions, including the Tower, as well as amusements and souvenir shops. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Pleasure Beach</a> Arena </th> <td>1937 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">The oldest purpose-built ice theatre in the world,<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> it opened in 1937 as the Ice Drome. The rink was home to <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Seagulls" title="Blackpool Seagulls">Blackpool Seagulls</a> ice hockey team. The <a href="/wiki/Hot_Ice_Show" title="Hot Ice Show">Hot Ice Show</a> is performed here annually and the Arena is open to public skating. </td></tr> <tr> <th>The Casino </th> <td>1940 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg/220px-Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg/330px-Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg/440px-Casino_Building_at_Night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Built in 1913 in an oriental style reminiscent of continental casinos, the venue was never actually a casino but contained a restaurant, bar, shops, billiard tables and theatre.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> Today it features the Paradise Room and Horseshoe theatres, which host regular magic shows and hypnotists as well as other variety shows. It also contains the White Tower restaurant. The 850-seat Globe Theatre, originally a custom-built circus,<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> was a later addition built next to the Casino. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Brooks Collectables </th> <td>1947 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A family run collectables shop for three generations with free entry to their first floor museum on South Promenade. The museum features vintage toy collections and Blackpool memorabilia.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Princess Parade Crazy Golf Course </th> <td>1957 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Located in the seafront sunken garden near Blackpool North Pier, the course became derelict before reopening in 2021. The two-year restoration was funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and carried out by volunteers from the Fulfilling Lives programme, which supports people struggling with homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues. There are two storyboards at either end of the course that document the history of the site going back to the 1700s.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park,_Blackpool" title="Stanley Park, Blackpool">Model Village</a> </th> <td>1972 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Designed as a traditional Lancashire village, miniature buildings depict scenes of rural life across 2.5 acres of gardens attached to <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park,_Blackpool" title="Stanley Park, Blackpool">Stanley Park</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Coral Island </th> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">The largest of the town's many amusement arcades, built on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_railway_station" title="Blackpool Central railway station">Blackpool Central railway station</a> and covering two acres of land. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Funny_Girls" title="Funny Girls">Funny Girls</a> </th> <td>1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A cabaret drag bar founded by <a href="/wiki/Basil_Newby" title="Basil Newby">Basil Newby</a>, the venue initially opened on Queen Street and now occupies the Art Deco former Odeon cinema on Dixon Road. Choreographer Betty Legs Diamond and compere DJ Zoe are the original Funny Girls. In 2022 Ava King Cynosure became the first <a href="/wiki/AFAB_(Assigned_female_at_birth)" class="mw-redirect" title="AFAB (Assigned female at birth)">AFAB</a> drag queen to become a resident performer.<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pasaje_Del_Terror" title="Pasaje Del Terror">Pasaje Del Terror</a> </th> <td>1998 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">An interactive walk-through horror attraction featuring scare actors in the basement of the Pleasure Beach Casino building. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Spitfire Visitor Centre </th> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Based in Hangar 42 at Blackpool Airport, which was constructed in 1939 for the RAF, the collection here included five Spitfire replicas and a Hawker Hurricane MKI. Visitors can sit in the cockpit or operate a flight simulator. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Comedy Carpet </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Constructed on the headland opposite Blackpool Tower, the 'carpet' is made of granite and concrete, and features catchphrases and jokes from hundreds of comedians, including <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dodd" title="Ken Dodd">Kenn Dodd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Howerd" title="Frankie Howerd">Frankie Howerd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Cooper" title="Tommy Cooper">Tommy Cooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" title="Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Viva Blackpool </th> <td>2012 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Built on the site of the Alhambra Theatre and later <a href="/wiki/Lewis%27s" title="Lewis's">Lewis's</a> department store and Mecca Bingo, the cabaret showbar hosts a variety of year-round acts and shows. </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tramtown </th> <td>2015 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_tram_147_,_North_Pier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg/220px-Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg/330px-Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg/440px-Blackpool_tram_147_%2C_North_Pier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3193" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Until 2011, the current heritage trams operated the main Blackpool tram service. After the multi-million pound upgrade put them out of service, plans were made to retain a core selection of trams from the original system and return them to passenger carrying duties.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> The Heritage Tram Centre offers tours of tram sheds and engineering workshops as well as heritage tram journeys including an illuminated tour, a fish and chips tour and ghost tours. In 2023 it announced its vision for Tramtown – a tram heritage centre to be developed at the current depot.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/arts-culture-news/plans-blackpools-16m-tramtown-museum-26636391">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>House of Secrets </th> <td>2021 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">The first dedicated family magic bar in Blackpool,<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> located in the historic Winter Gardens complex and owned by local magician Russ Brown. Brown formerly held residencies at Blackpool Tower and Blackpool Pleasure Beach, and compered and directed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool_Magic_Convention&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blackpool Magic Convention (page does not exist)">Blackpool Magic Convention</a> – the world's largest – which takes place at the Winter Gardens each February.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Hole in Wand </th> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A wizard-themed golf course located in the former Woolworths building on Blackpool Promenade. The attraction is owned by the Potions Cauldron, which also operates a drink emporium and similar mini golf attraction in York.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Arcade Club </th> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A retro arcade on Bloomfield Road with over 200 games, including <a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Out_Run" title="Out Run">Out Run</a>, <a href="/wiki/Time_Crisis" title="Time Crisis">Time Crisis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinball" title="Pinball">pinball</a>, plus modern games, such as House of the Dead 5, <a href="/wiki/Luigi%27s_Mansion" title="Luigi's Mansion">Luigi's Mansion</a>, and sports such as <a href="/wiki/Air_hockey" title="Air hockey">air hockey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nature_tourism">Nature tourism</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Nature tourism">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Attraction </th> <th>Opened in </th> <th>Picture </th></tr> <tr> <th>Beaches </th> <td>N/a </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool,_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg/220px-Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg/330px-Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg/440px-Blackpool%2C_The_Beach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1991287.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="587" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Blackpool boasts "seven miles of golden sands" which in 2016 were named the second best shoreline in the world and the best in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> The same year Blackpool South beach was awarded <a href="/wiki/Blue_Flag_beach" title="Blue Flag beach">Blue Flag</a> status.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> EU environmental protection laws are credited with the improvement of the beaches, which in the 1990s were covered in raw sewage and other waste.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> Just six of 29 waters surveyed around the Blackpool region in 1988 met the EU's bathing water guidelines but, by 2014, all of the resort's beaches passed the EU test, after some £1bn was spent on clean water improvements.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> In 2023 eight beaches on the <a href="/wiki/The_Fylde" title="The Fylde">Fylde Coast</a> were awarded Seaside Awards by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, including Blackpool South, Blackpool Central and Bispham. However the <a href="/wiki/Environment_Agency" title="Environment Agency">Environment Agency</a> classified the bathing water quality in Blackpool South as 'sufficient' in 2022, rather than 'good', as in the previous three years,<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> and 'poor' in Blackpool North rather than 'sufficient' or 'good', as in previous years.<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> On 12 June 2023 <a href="/wiki/United_Utilities" title="United Utilities">United Utilities</a> discharged raw sewage into the sea from its water treatment plant in Fleetwood leading to 'no swim' warnings, which were lifted by the end of June.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park,_Blackpool" title="Stanley Park, Blackpool">Stanley Park</a> </th> <td>1926 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanley_Park,_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg/220px-Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg/330px-Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg/440px-Stanley_Park%2C_Blackpool_-_20180816135125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">A 260-acre park featuring a boating lake, <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> café, <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">amphitheatre</a> and bandstand, sports and recreational facilities, golf course and <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Cricket_Club" title="Blackpool Cricket Club">cricket club</a>. To accommodate a growing population, in 1921 the Corporation of Blackpool commissioned <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hayton_Mawson" title="Thomas Hayton Mawson">T H Mawson</a> to plan a comprehensive park and recreational centre. Stanley Park was opened on 2 October 1926 by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_17th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby">Edward George Villiers Stanley</a> – 17th Earl of Derby.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> The park is listed as Grade II* on the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens and, along with surrounding streets, was designated a <a href="/wiki/Conservation_area_(United_Kingdom)" title="Conservation area (United Kingdom)">conservation area</a> in January 1984. In 2005 a £5.5m <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund" title="National Lottery Heritage Fund">Heritage Lottery Fund</a>-aided programme of repair, conservation and enhancement was undertaken to help restore the park to its former glory.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> In 2022 a new masterplan was developed for the park, which will celebrate its centenary in 2026.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> In May 2022 a new skate park was opened after local skaters secured £200,000 of funding.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> In 2023 facilities including the athletics track, tennis courts, football pitches and toilets were refurbished.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> The park is maintained with support from the Friends of Stanley Park, who dedicate time to gardening, wildlife conservation, organising and hosting events including weekly live music at the bandstand throughout the summer.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> The park has been voted the UK's favourite by the Fields in Trust three times – in 2017, 2019 and 2022.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art">Art</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Art">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Grundy_Art_Gallery" title="Grundy Art Gallery">Grundy Art Gallery</a> on Queen Street opened in 1911 and adjoins <a href="/wiki/Central_Library,_Blackpool" title="Central Library, Blackpool">Blackpool Central Library</a>. Blackpool Art Society was formed in 1884 by George Dearden as Blackpool Sketching Club. The first exhibition was at the YMCA Rooms in Church Street.<a href="#cite_note-:4-132">[131]</a> In 1886 the club hosted an exhibition of 226 exhibits in the Victoria Street schoolrooms. The Grundy brothers were prominent members, and in 1913 the society was granted the use of the new Grundy Art Gallery for its annual exhibition, where it still exhibits today.<a href="#cite_note-:4-132">[131]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Grundy art gallery includes the work "Blackpool Stands Between Us and Revolution2, which was displayed temporarily outside on the roof of the gallery in 2022 before moving inside. It is an illuminated text-based artwork by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Ireland (page does not exist)">Tom Ireland</a> that is based on a quote by a local businessman to architect Thomas H Mawson in the 1920s to explain the town's importance to working-class people.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> Blackpool School of Arts, part of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_and_The_Fylde_College" title="Blackpool and The Fylde College">Blackpool and The Fylde College</a>, opened in 1937 on Park Road in a building designed by civic architect JC Robinson. The building houses a gallery space which hosts a range of exhibitions. Alumni visual artists include <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Hammond" title="Jeffrey Hammond">Jeffrey Hammond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wilson_(artist)" title="Adrian Wilson (artist)">Adrian Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Myerscough" title="Sarah Myerscough">Sarah Myerscough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Craig_McDean" title="Craig McDean">Craig McDean</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> Plans for a new town centre 'multiversity' are set to replace the current Park Road campus in 2026.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> Established in 2011 and named after its former use for the production of Blackpool rock, the Old Rock Factory consists of studios housing printmakers and other artists in Blackpool. Residents include printmaker and painter Suzanne Pinder<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> and its founder, screen printer Robin Ross who brought the building back into use.<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> Ross, a former radio DJ,<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> also founded Sand, Sea and Spray <a href="/wiki/Street_art" title="Street art">street art</a> festival. Running between 2011 and 2016, the festival featured live street art by international artist produced on walls and billboards in various locations throughout central Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> Opened in 2014, Abingdon Studios is a contemporary visual art project space and artist studios curated and directed by Garth Gratrix, who champions <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queer" title="Queer">queer</a> artists.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> In 2021 he and artist Harry Clayton-Wright produced We're Still Here, the first permanent collection of <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a>QIA+ heritage in Blackpool, supported by the <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Lottery (United Kingdom)">National Lottery</a> Heritage Fund.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> Co-founder and directed by local artists, HIVEArts is a gallery space and <a href="/wiki/Grassroots" title="Grassroots">grassroots</a> arts collective that hosts regular exhibitions.<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> Exhibitions have included The Art Of Forgery by Peter Sinclair (2022),<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> the Gallery Space open exhibition (2022) and The Air That A Breathe, a group exhibition raising money for the Aspergillosis Trust (2023).<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a> In 2022 the gallery hosted an art auction of 250 original paintings, photos and sculptures donated by local artists raising £8,000+to help victims of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> Tea Amantes is a tearoom and gallery established in 2021 which hosts monthly art exhibitions by local emerging artists.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> Exhibitions have included The Main Resort, featuring Blackpool street photography,<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> and Golden Energies by Katarzyna Nowak.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Left_Coast">Left Coast</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Left Coast">edit</a>]</div> Left Coast is an arts organisation that was established in 2013, as part of the UK Creative People and Places Programme to produce socially-engaged creative and cultural activities in Blackpool and Wyre.<a href="#cite_note-:02-150">[149]</a> Left Coast projects have included a National Community Lottery funded Real Estates programme in which artists were given residencies on local <a href="/wiki/Housing_association" title="Housing association">housing association</a> estates to test whether they could become embedded in the community rather than being seen as visitors. An independent evaluation by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Lancashire" title="University of Central Lancashire">University of Central Lancashire</a> stated that the project "made a real difference to local communities through the use of arts as a catalyst for the development of a sense of confidence and self-worth, developing or rediscovering skills, and increasing social connections."<a href="#cite_note-:02-150">[149]</a> In response to a November 2017 <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> article Left Behind: Can anyone save the towns the economy forgot?,<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> Left Coast commissioned a series of artists to provide "a nuanced and thoughtful counter position". Photographer <a href="/wiki/Craig_Easton_(photographer)" title="Craig Easton (photographer)">Craig Easton</a> photographed the Williams family who he had first met in 1992 for a commission by French newspaper <a href="/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ration" title="Libération">Libération</a> to document the British 'underclass'. His images of the Williams's, titled Thatcher's Children, "came to symbolise the deprivation that was a legacy of the Conservative government of the day". Revisiting them for Left Coast, Easton created a project entitled Is Anybody Listening?.<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> Left Coast helped raise finance for the Art <a href="/wiki/Bed_and_breakfast" title="Bed and breakfast">B&B</a> project which opened in 2019. Among the 18 different themed rooms were The Now You See it, Now You Don't suite created by artist and writer professor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Etchells" title="Tim Etchells">Tim Etchells</a>, and the Willy Little suite by artist Mel Brimfield, which celebrated the career of a fictional entertainer and his performances at The Ocean Hotel – the original name of Art B&B.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> The B&B closed in October 2022 claiming there were not enough future bookings to sustain the business.<a href="#cite_note-:12-154">[153]</a> In 2022, Left Coast opened Wash Your Words: Langdale Library & Laundry Room on <a href="/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public housing in the United Kingdom">social housing</a> estate Mereside. It provides somewhere for people to wash clothes, read, learn and create art. In January 2023 it was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/RIBA_Journal" title="RIBA Journal">RIBA Journal</a> MacEwen Award, celebrating architecture for the common good. Judges praised its "joyful design [that] raises expectations of the quality of architecture people should demand of social housing estates".<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aunty_Social">Aunty Social</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Aunty Social">edit</a>]</div> Established in 2011, Aunty Social is a voluntary-run community arts organisation in Topping Street.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> In 2013 it registered as a <a href="/wiki/Community_interest_company" title="Community interest company">Community interest company</a> (CIC) and opened Charabanc, a shop selling products made by local artists and designers.<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> Aunty Social runs the online arts and culture magazine Blackpool Social Club, the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> Film Festival and <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">BFI</a> Film Club. Facilities include a community darkroom and library. A Queer Craft Club and <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Crafts" title="Heritage Crafts">Heritage Craft</a> workshops are hosted. Local textiles group Knittaz With Attitude is an Aunty Social project which has carried out several <a href="/wiki/Yarn_bombing" title="Yarn bombing">yarn bombing</a> projects in public spaces. In 2022 the group responded to reports of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a> recorded by Reclaim Blackpool which maps incidents that take place in public places. Over 20 participants created <a href="/wiki/Craftivism" title="Craftivism">craftivist</a> works highlighting the precarious safety of women and using methods including <a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">cross stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crochet" title="Crochet">crochet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">appliqué</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embroidery" title="Embroidery">embroidery</a> under the banner We're Sew Done. The pieces were placed in locations plotted on the map before being exhibited in <a href="/wiki/Central_Library,_Blackpool" title="Central Library, Blackpool">Blackpool Central Library</a>. The exhibition featured in local singer <a href="/wiki/Rae_Morris" title="Rae Morris">Rae Morris</a>'s video for her single No Woman Is An Island.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_art">Public art</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Public art">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name of artwork </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Picture </th></tr> <tr> <th>Medici Lions </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Created in:</li><li>1790 (originals)</li><li>2013 (replicas)</li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:New_lion_statue,_Stanley_Park_(geograph_3717403).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg/220px-New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg/330px-New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg/440px-New_lion_statue%2C_Stanley_Park_%28geograph_3717403%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">A pair of lions modelled on the <a href="/wiki/Medici_lions" title="Medici lions">Medici Lions</a> in Rome stand in <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park,_Blackpool" title="Stanley Park, Blackpool">Stanley Park</a>. The original lead lions were made in 1790 and sold in 1922 to John Magee who gifted them to Blackpool Corporation. They were removed in 2013 and loaned to <a href="/wiki/Stowe_House" title="Stowe House">Stowe House</a>, where they originally stood. Replicas were installed in the park in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> Stanley Park also features a number of nature-inspired sculptures in its Italian Gardens, and We Love You To The Moon, a stone carving memorial to Jane Tweedle from Blackpool who was killed in the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombing" title="Manchester Arena bombing">Manchester Arena bombing</a> in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> A statue of <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cairoli" title="Charlie Cairoli">Charlie Cairoli</a> was installed in the Rose Garden in 2008 but was later moved to <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a> and replaced with a plaque.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ballet Dancers </th> <td>Installed in the 1990s </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Designed by artists Phil Bew and Diane Gorvin, two bronze ballet dancers standing on stainless steel plinths at either end of Clifton Street in the town centre.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Great Promenade Show </th> <td>Commissioned from 2001 to 2005 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_(2)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="They Shoot Horses, Don't They"><img alt="They Shoot Horses, Don't They" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg/220px-The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg/330px-The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg/440px-The_Mirror_Ball_illuminated_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3735450.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a> They Shoot Horses, Don't They </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">A collection of 10 artworks commissioned over a period of four years from 2001 to 2005 forming an 'outdoor' contemporary art gallery along 2 km of New South Promenade from Squires Gate to <a href="/wiki/South_Pier,_Blackpool" title="South Pier, Blackpool">South Pier</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> Some of the artworks have since been removed, including the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_High_Tide_Organ" title="Blackpool High Tide Organ">High Tide Organ</a> by Liam Curtin and John Gooding, which made music from the swell of the tide.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> Alluding to the town's ballroom culture, They Shoot Horses, Don't They is a giant mirror ball by artist Michael Trainor. At six metres in diameter and weighing six tonnes it was the world's largest dance hall mirror ball at the time, covered in 47,000 mirrors that gently rotate and catch the light.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Choir Loft </th> <td>Installed in 2008</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Located next to the Cenotaph war memorial, artist Ruth Barker's work consists of letters carved into granite blocks and treated with gold leaf reading 'Sing softly. Be still. Cease'. The memorial is dedicated 'to those who struggle for freedom in all conflicts, and those who remember them'.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>The Wave </th> <td>Installed in 2009 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Wave,_Cedar_Square,_Blackpool,_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg/220px-The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg/330px-The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg/440px-The_Wave%2C_Cedar_Square%2C_Blackpool%2C_Detail_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1952204.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Installed in St John's Square and by Lucy Glendinning the 10.5m high x 2.5m wide stainless steel wave structure has internal lighting that shines through a laser cut pattern with transparent blue resin insets. It features a figure in clear blue and resin blue pebble sculptures at the base which act as seats.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Soldier Sculpture (and Salisbury Woodlands) </th> <td>Installed in 2009 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Designed by <a href="/wiki/Thompson_Dagnall" title="Thompson Dagnall">Thompson Dagnall</a> in Salisbury Woodlands, the figure of a soldier with metal helmet and rifle is carved from Lancashire Mill stone and sits atop a WWII <a href="/wiki/Pillbox_(military)" title="Pillbox (military)">pillbox</a>. The woodlands also house a number of wooden carved sculptures including an archway entrance carvings of a bat, wood pecker and leaves.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Sand Sea & Spray </th> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A number of large scale graffiti artworks feature throughout the town in locations including Talbot Road, Cookson Street and Palatine Road.<a href="#cite_note-:22-160">[159]</a> They were created by a number of international artists as part of Sand, Sea & Spray street art festival which ran between 2011 and 2016.<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>The 999 statue </th> <td>Installed in 2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A 2.5m monument by Matt Titherington installed at Jubilee Gardens to honour police officers and a member of the public who died trying to rescue a man who had gone into the sea to save his dog in 1983.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Lightpool </th> <td>Started in 2016 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Lightpool is an annual light festival held over October half term that sees artistic light installations throughout the town centre and various fringe events. It was awarded the Arts Council's National Portfolio Organisation status for 2023–2026, securing funding worth nearly £700,000.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Fancie Benches </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Installed in:</li><li>2020 (1st bench)</li><li>2022 (2nd)</li></ul></div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Artist Tina Dempsey installed her first Fancie Bench in Blackpool's King's Square and a second bench was installed in Edward Street. Fabricated by Lightworks – Blackpool Illuminations Depot – out of fibreglass, the colourful abstract designs were part of the Quality Corridors Scheme to improve the appearance of key streets in the town.<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tram Benches </th> <td>Installed in: 2020 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Part of the Quality Corridors Scheme, artist Andy Hazell installed two stainless steel benches in the shape of trams in Talbot Square. They depict heritage trams – a Blackpool OMO, built in the mid-1930s, and the Brush, built originally in 1937.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>The Call of the Sea </th> <td>Installed in 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">A life-sized bronze painted sculpture by artist Laurence Payot in Talbot Square. It was designed in consultations with fashion students from Blackpool and The Fylde College, pupils from Blackpool Gateway Academy and the council's beach patrol team, and was modelled after a local girl. It cost £35,000, funded by the Quality Corridors Scheme.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Storytrails: Queercoaster </th> <td>Created in 2022 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">By Joseph Doubtfire, as part of the government-funded <a href="/wiki/Unboxed:_Creativity_in_the_UK" title="Unboxed: Creativity in the UK">Unboxed</a> festival. An augmented reality walking tour, it allowed participants to experience and learn about queer history in Blackpool through fragments of archive footage of news reports and stories collected from locals.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Performing arts">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Theatre">Theatre</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Theatre">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_(12646106613).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg/220px-The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg/330px-The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg/440px-The_Grand_Theatre_Blackpool_%2812646106613%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4861" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The Grand Theatre</figcaption></figure> At its peak in the 1930s Blackpool's numerous theatres and cinemas could seat more than 60,000 people.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> The Theatre Royal on Clifton Street first opened as the Assembly Rooms and Arcade in 1868. It later became the Tivoli Electric Theatre and eventually Yates's Wine Lodge before it was destroyed by fire in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> In 1874 the Indian Pavilion was built on <a href="/wiki/North_Pier,_Blackpool" title="North Pier, Blackpool">North Pier</a> to host regular concert performances. After being damaged by fire in 1921 and destroyed by another in 1938<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> Pavilion Theatre (now the Joe Longthorne Theatre) in 1939. One of few remaining pier theatres in the country, it hosts variety acts during the summer season. The theatre is Grade II <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed</a> but has been on the Theatres At Risk Register since 2014.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> The Borough Theatre (later Queens Theatre) opened in September 1877 on Bank Hey Street. A blue Plaque marks the location of the building which was demolished in 1972/73.<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a> Her Majesty's Opera House, part of the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> complex, was built in 1889 and designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Frank Matcham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a> The 2,500 capacity was soon deemed insufficient and was redesigned by architects Mangnall and Littlewood in 1910. In October 1938 the old Opera House was demolished and the third and current <a href="/wiki/Opera_House_Theatre,_Blackpool" title="Opera House Theatre, Blackpool">Opera House</a>, with a classic <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> design, replaced it. Seating 3,000, it was the largest theatre in the country when it opened.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> The first <a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a> to be held outside London was staged there in 1955.<a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a> The Opera House is one of only three remaining historic theatres in Blackpool still in operation, regularly staging touring <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musicals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a> The Empire Theatre and Opera House on Church Street opened in 1895 and by 1900 it had been converted into a circus venue and renamed Hippodrome. In 1929 it became the ABC cinema but continued to host stage shows, including in the 1960s TV variety show Blackpool Night Out in which the Beatles appeared on 19 July 1964. The theatre became <a href="/wiki/The_Syndicate_(nightclub)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Syndicate (nightclub)">The Syndicate</a> superclub in 2002 until it was demolished in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> The Prince of Wales Theatre was built in 1879 next to the site of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a>. It was replaced in 1900 with the grand <a href="/wiki/Alhambra,_Blackpool" title="Alhambra, Blackpool">Alhambra</a> complex but, unable to compete with the neighbouring Tower hit financial difficulties in 1902. Architect <a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Frank Matcham</a> remodelled the building and it became the Palace Theatre in 1904. It was demolished in 1961.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg/220px-The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg/330px-The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg/440px-The_Old_Electric_Building_in_Blackpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The Old Electric on Springfield Road</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theatre,_Blackpool" title="Grand Theatre, Blackpool">The Grand Theatre</a> was built in 1894 and dubbed Frank Matcham's masterpiece.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> It hosts a mix of local, mainstream and high brow performances as well as an annual pantomime.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> In the 1990s the theatre was annexed to provided a Studio Theatre.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> Supported by the Friends of the Grand Theatre, it is a registered charity and in 2022 received <a href="/wiki/Arts_Council_England" title="Arts Council England">Arts Council England</a> National Portfolio Organisation status – a three-year investment of more than £1.5m.<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> In September 2023 Blackpool Council committed £500,000 to carry out urgent repairs to the theatre.<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> The Grand has had a youth theatre company since 1996<a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a> and has partnered with the Royal Shakespeare Company to engage school children with theatre and performance.<a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Regent_Cinema,_Blackpool" title="Regent Cinema, Blackpool">Regent Cinema</a>, built in Neo-Baroque style, opened in 1921. From the 1970s it was a bingo hall; after renovation in the 2010s it re-opened as a cinema and venue for live performances.<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> The Old Electric is Blackpool's newest theatre, opening in 2021 on Springfield Road in the former Princess Electric Cinema. Founded by creative director Melanie Whitehead, it became the home of The Electric Sunshine Project CIC, a community theatre company she established in 2016, as well as a community arts space. The renovation of the building, which had been a string of nightclubs prior, was <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Lottery (United Kingdom)">National Lottery</a> funded and carried out during lockdown.<a href="#cite_note-191">[190]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dance">Dance</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Dance">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg/220px-Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg/330px-Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg/440px-Empress_Ballroom_Winter_Gardens_Blackpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Blackpool Empress Ballroom, built in 1896</figcaption></figure> Dance has been central to Blackpool culture for 150 years. One of the first places visitors could dance was on the open air on the piers and its popularity led to ballrooms opening across the town. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">The Tower Ballroom</a> came first in 1894, quickly followed by the <a href="/wiki/Empress_Ballroom" title="Empress Ballroom">Empress Ballroom</a> and the Alhambra.<a href="#cite_note-:5-192">[191]</a> The original Tower Ballroom was a smaller pavilion but the facility posed a threat to the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> whose management responded in 1896 by improving its facilities. The Empress Ballroom – much grander and larger than its rival – was built on the site of a roller rink and designed by Mangnall and Littlewood with a capacity of 3,000.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> Towards the end of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, in 1918, the Empress Ballroom was taken over by the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a> as a space to assemble Gas Envelopes for their R33 Airship. Renovations in 1934 included a new sprung dance floor with 10,000 strips of oak, mahogany, walnut, and greenwood, on top of 1,320 four inch springs, covering 12,500 foot. The first <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Dance_Festival" title="Blackpool Dance Festival">Blackpool Dance Festival</a> was held in the Empress Ballroom during Easter week in 1920. The idea is credited to either Harry Wood, the musical director of the Winter Gardens, or Nelson Sharples, a music publisher in Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-:6-193">[192]</a> The festival was devoted to three competitions to find three new <a href="/wiki/Sequence_dance" title="Sequence dance">sequence dances</a> in three tempos – <a href="/wiki/Waltz" title="Waltz">waltz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Two-step_(dance_move)" title="Two-step (dance move)">two step</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foxtrot" title="Foxtrot">foxtrot</a>. There was one competition per day and, on the fourth, one dance was chosen as the winner. In 1931 the dance festival hosted the inaugural British Professional and Amateur Ballroom Championships and in 1953 the competitions included the North of England Amateur and Professional Championships, a Ballroom Formation Dancing Competition, the British Amateur and Professional Ballroom Championships, plus a Professional Exhibition Dancing Competition. In 1961, a British Amateur Latin American Tournament was held, followed by a Professional event in 1962. These two events were upgraded to Championship status in 1964. 1968 saw the introduction of the Professional Invitation Team Match and in 1975 the first British Closed Dance Festival was held – now the British National Championships. In modern times around 50 countries are represented across eight annual festivals in the Empress Ballroom and Blackpool Dance Festival is considered ‘the world's first and foremost festival of dancing’.<a href="#cite_note-:6-193">[192]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Blackpool_Tower_Ballroom_2_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Blackpool Tower Ballroom, designed by Frank Matcham, opened in 1899</figcaption></figure> The present Tower Ballroom was designed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Matcham" title="Frank Matcham">Frank Matcham</a> and opened in 1899 to rival the Empress Ballroom, matching its capacity of 3,000. Its sprung dance floor measures 120 feet by 102 feet and consists of 30,602 separate blocks of mahogany, oak and walnut. The inscription above the Ballroom stage, 'Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear', is from <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s Venus and Adonis <a href="/wiki/Sonnet" title="Sonnet">sonnet</a>. Among the Ballroom's one-time strict rules were 'gentlemen may not dance unless with a lady' and 'disorderly conduct means immediate expulsion'. Originally, dancing was not permitted on Sundays when an evening of sacred music was performed instead. In December 1956, the ballroom was badly damaged by fire and the dance floor was destroyed. It took two years and £500,000 to restore.<a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a> The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> series <a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing" title="Come Dancing">Come Dancing</a> – aired between 1950 and 1998 – was broadcast from the Tower Ballroom and featured professional dancers competing against each other. Its reinvention as <a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a> launched in 2004 and includes an annual Blackpool week, when the show is broadcast from the Tower Ballroom.<a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> The Tower Ballroom remains a popular venue for dancing and its celebrated Wurlitzer organ still rises from below the stage.<a href="#cite_note-:0-7">[7]</a> In 2022 it featuring on the BBC's interactive map of 100 Places for 100 Years of the BBC.<a href="#cite_note-196">[195]</a> During the 20th century, ballroom bandleaders created new novelty dances including The Blackpool Walk, the dance craze of the 1938 summer season. The music was composed by <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wright_(composer)" title="Lawrence Wright (composer)">Lawrence Wright</a>, a prominent music publisher, under the pen name Horatio Nicholls, and choreographed by 1937 Blackpool Dance Festival Champions, Cyril Farmer and Adela Roscoe. Inspired by the Blackpool Walk, in 2020 local dance company House of Wingz created a new social dance, The Blackpool Way, as part of a community project called Get Dancing. Music was composed by Callum Harvey and dance steps and moves were submitted by people from across the world.<a href="#cite_note-:5-192">[191]</a> Based on Back Reeds Road, House of Wingz was founded by married couple Samantha and Aishley Docherty Bell. Using knowledge and education in hip hop culture, the company aims to create a legacy or 'scene' for dance artists and musicians in Blackpool, who will contribute to a growing cultural landscape in the town.<a href="#cite_note-197">[196]</a> House of Wingz is the Blackpool partner for <a href="/wiki/Breakin%27_Convention" title="Breakin' Convention">Breakin' Convention</a>, a festival celebrating the best in UK hip hop talent founded by pioneer Jonzi D.<a href="#cite_note-198">[197]</a> In 2022 members of House of Wingz collected seven trophies in the UDO World Street Dance Championships including two first place prizes.<a href="#cite_note-199">[198]</a> Although dance is at the heart of House of Wingz, it is also home to a collective of musicians, artists and performers who stage their own productions and collaborate on creative projects.<a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a> Skool of Street is House of Wingz' charitable arm, providing free access to classes for children who do not have the means to pay as well as delivering the Government's Holiday Activities and Food programme.<a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a> Other dance schools in Blackpool include Phil Winstone's Theatreworks, Whittaker Dance & Drama Centre and Langley Dance Centre. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Amateur_dramatics">Amateur dramatics</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Amateur dramatics">edit</a>]</div> There are a number of notable amateur and community theatre companies in Blackpool. Junction Four Productions, formed in 1904 as Lytham Amateur Operatic Society (LAOS), is one of the original musical theatre groups on the Fylde Coast. A registered charity, it changed its name in 2018 to reflect its varied canon.<a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a> Blackpool & Fylde Light Opera Company (BFLOC) is an amateur musical comedy society that has hosted annual productions since 1950. <a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a> Blackpool Operatic Players (BOP) has been presenting musical theatre productions in Blackpool and the surrounding areas since 1953.<a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a> On 14 January 2022, a blue plaque was unveiled on Michael Hall Theatre School (formerly Marton Parish Church Hall) on Preston New Road recording that, from 1930 to 2002, Marton Operatic Society performed Gilbert and Sullivan and other operas there.<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a> Founded as Marton Parish Church Choral and Operatic Society in 1930 by Reverend Charles Macready and William Hogarth, their first production was Cupid and the Ogre. In 2021, following a decline exacerbated by COVID-19, members voted to wind the society up. A final concert version of The Mikado was held on 29 October.<a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a><a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a> Michael Hall Theatre School is a small theatre space and school in the former Marton Parish Church Hall. Founded in 2003, it is run by Michael Hall who studied at the Royal Academy of Music and whose past pupils include <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Prenger" title="Jodie Prenger">Jodie Prenger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Butterjack" title="Butterjack">Aiden Grimshaw</a>.<a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a> Hall also runs Musica Lirica Opera Company which aims to make opera accessible.<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a> Founded in 2005, TramShed is an inclusive theatre company and charity offering inclusive performing arts to all children, young people and adults many of whom have additional needs. In 2021 it was named a National Diversity Awards finalist.<a href="#cite_note-210">[209]</a> Cou-Cou Theatre Productions is a Community Interest Company founded in 2018 by sisters Sophie and Nikita Coulon.<a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Music">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Heritage">Heritage</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Heritage">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool has a rich musical heritage associated with its tourist industry alongside a number of popular music scenes and artists that have emerged there. The first registered venue offering musical entertainment in Blackpool was the original Uncle Tom's Cabin, situated on the cliffs at North Shore, from the early 1860s.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> The Wurlitzer organ at Blackpool Tower Ballroom was played by <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Dixon" title="Reginald Dixon">Reginald Dixon</a> from March 1930 until March 1970, with live broadcasts of his performances being aired each week during the summer season on the BBC Light Programme.<a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kelsall" title="Phil Kelsall">Phil Kalsall</a> has been principle organist at the venue since 1977.<a href="#cite_note-214">[213]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wright_(composer)" title="Lawrence Wright (composer)">Lawrence Wright</a> was a successful music publisher and songwriter who moved to Blackpool in the 1920s and opened 20 song booths, hiring musicians to play his sheet music inside which passers-by would purchase after entering to listen and sing along.<a href="#cite_note-215">[214]</a> Blackpool was instrumental in the music of big bands who performed jazz and swing music in its dancehalls and ballrooms from the 1930s-1950s. Frequent performers from 1946 to 1959 were <a href="/wiki/Ted_Heath_(bandleader)" title="Ted Heath (bandleader)">Ted Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Loss" title="Joe Loss">Joe Loss</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Parnell" title="Jack Parnell">Jack Parnell</a>.<a href="#cite_note-216">[215]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Post-war" title="Post-war">post-war period</a> Blackpool was the centre of live entertainment outside <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and there was a proliferation of musical talent coming from and discovered in the town. The town hosted three or four <a href="/wiki/Variety_show" title="Variety show">variety shows</a> per night during tourist seasons, each featuring popular music including <a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">The Shadows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a> and American stars including <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> who performed twice in the early 1950s.<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> The heyday of Blackpool's musical history to date and the golden era was the 1960s when live music was offered in the town's many pubs, clubs, theatres and concert venues to accommodate its millions of visitors.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> All the top British <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">beat groups</a> played in Blackpool, forging a tradition at the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a> Empress Ballroom of staging of rock, alternative and indie music with visiting bands through the decades including <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stone_Roses" title="The Stone Roses">the Stone Roses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Order_(band)" title="New Order (band)">New Order</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> Smaller music venues of note include The Galleon bar on Adelaide Street which opened in 1954 and was a magnet for musicians<a href="#cite_note-218">[217]</a> and Mama & Papa Jenks on Talbot Road, which attracted emerging acts of the 1970s including the <a href="/wiki/Eurythmics" title="Eurythmics">Eurythmics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Buzzcocks" title="Buzzcocks">Buzzcocks</a> and evolved into a punk music venue hosting bands such as <a href="/wiki/The_Fits" title="The Fits">the Fits</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Membranes" title="The Membranes">the Membranes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> spent a short time living in Blackpool as a child and would often visit family there and watch musical acts including <a href="/wiki/George_Formby" title="George Formby">George Formby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dickie_Valentine" title="Dickie Valentine">Dickie Valentine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-219">[218]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> were booked to perform on <a href="/wiki/South_Pier,_Blackpool" title="South Pier, Blackpool">South Pier</a> throughout the summer of 1962 but their fame saw them outgrow the venue before they could fulfil their residency. They did go on to play a series of dates in the ABC Theatre and later the Opera House in August 1963 and 1964.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a> gig at the Empress Ballroom on 24 July 1964 resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Riot" title="Riot">riot</a>. The venue was left badly damaged, with fans smashing two chandeliers, tearing up seats and breaking a <a href="/wiki/Steinway_%26_Sons" title="Steinway & Sons">Steinway</a> grand piano. Two people were hospitalised and around 50 treated for minor injuries. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Blackpool Council</a> banned the Rolling Stones from performing in the town again, lifting the ban 44 years later, although the band is yet to return.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> supported <a href="/wiki/Cat_Stevens" title="Cat Stevens">Cat Stevens</a> at the Odeon complex on 15 April 1967. There are claims Hendrix was refused entry to his hotel after the show due to intoxication. Pink Floyd played the Empress Ballroom a month later, on 26 May 1967. Hendrix and Pink Floyd both returned later that year to perform on the same bill at Blackpool Opera House on 25 November 1967. Pink Floyd returned to Blackpool on 21 March 1969 to play the Blackpool Technical College Arts Ball on 21 March 1969.<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-220">[219]</a> <a href="/wiki/Factory_Records" title="Factory Records">Factory Records</a>' <a href="/wiki/Section_25_(band)" title="Section 25 (band)">Section 25</a> formed in Blackpool in 1977. Their key recordings include the US crossover club hit Looking Form a Hilltop and the album From the Hip.<a href="#cite_note-221">[220]</a> Another Blackpool band signed to the label was Tunnelvision, who recorded just one single for the label in 1981.<a href="#cite_note-222">[221]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inspired_by_Blackpool">Inspired by Blackpool</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Inspired by Blackpool">edit</a>]</div> The large number of musical artists connected to Blackpool exceeds that of the town's comparable size<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> and include the band <a href="/wiki/Boston_Manor_(band)" title="Boston Manor (band)">Boston Manor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Nash" title="Graham Nash">Graham Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Evan" title="John Evan">John Evan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hesketh" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria Hesketh">Victoria Hesketh</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Robb_(musician)" title="John Robb (musician)">John Robb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Gomm" title="Jon Gomm">Jon Gomm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karima_Francis" title="Karima Francis">Karima Francis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rae_Morris" title="Rae Morris">Rae Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smith_(musician)" title="Robert Smith (musician)">Robert Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Section_25_(band)" title="Section 25 (band)">Section 25</a>. With the exception of <a href="/wiki/Grime_music" title="Grime music">grime</a> artists, however, their hometown hardly features in the work of these artists and we never heard about ‘Blackpool sound’, as opposed to the <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Mersey Sound</a> or <a href="/wiki/Madchester" title="Madchester">Madchester</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> Blackpool has been referenced within popular music for the best part of a century.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a>’s 1932 comic song The Lion and Albert tells the story of a small child being eaten by a lion at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Zoo" title="Blackpool Zoo">Blackpool Zoo</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Formby" title="George Formby">George Formby</a>, one of the town's most successful regular performers in the 1930s and ‘40s, penned songs including Blackpool Prom, Sitting on the Top of Blackpool Tower and With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> The George Formby Society formed at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Hotel,_Blackpool" title="Imperial Hotel, Blackpool">Imperial Hotel</a> with 56 members a few months after Formby's death in 1961. Now consisting of over 800 members worldwide, many return to the same hotel quarterly to for society conventions.<a href="#cite_note-224">[223]</a> In the latter part of the 20th century songs inspired by Blackpool included, <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a>'s This Is a Low, <a href="/wiki/Soft_Cell" title="Soft Cell">Soft Cell</a>'s Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, <a href="/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers" title="Manic Street Preachers">Manic Street Preachers</a>' Elvis Impersonator, Blackpool Pier and The Kinks' Autumn Almanac, which has been called ‘the most British song of all time’.<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> Up The Pool by <a href="/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)" title="Jethro Tull (band)">Jethro Tull</a>, who formed as a blues-based rock band in the Blackpool in the late 1960s, was released in 1971. It differs from the band's other musical output at the time with frontman <a href="/wiki/Ian_Anderson" title="Ian Anderson">Ian Anderson</a>, who lived in Blackpool, choosing to reflect national identity both lyrically and musically in a conscious rejection of the American music that influenced so many other British bands of the era. In Blackpool Tower Suite, Manchester indie band <a href="/wiki/World_of_Twist" title="World of Twist">World of Twist</a> present a personification of the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Tower</a> almost as a female deity presiding over the pleasure grounds of Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> Blackpool-born singer <a href="/wiki/Rae_Morris" title="Rae Morris">Rae Morris</a>’s 2022 album Rachel@Fairyland pays homage to her hometown with songs referencing Blackpool Tower, childhood memories, the town's LGBTQ+ community and its deprivation. Music videos for singles No Woman Is An Island and Go Dancing were shot in Blackpool, as was the video for her 2021 standalone single Fish n Chips, featuring grime artist Sophie Aspin.<a href="#cite_note-225">[224]</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[225]</a> Many songs about Blackpool reflect its position as a popular holiday destination for the working classes.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> Folk singer Howard Broadbent's 1983 song Blackpool Belle was rerecorded by Bolton folk trio the <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Weavers" title="Houghton Weavers">Houghton Weavers</a> in 1993 and, like the song Blackpool by indie band the <a href="/wiki/The_Delgados" title="The Delgados">Delgados</a>, speaks of happy memories of bygone days and of the sense of comradeship. Meanwhile, Tatty Seaside Town by punk band <a href="/wiki/The_Membranes" title="The Membranes">The Membranes</a>, who formed in Blackpool in the 1970s, reflects the experience of young men growing up there. <a href="/wiki/The_Fall_(band)" title="The Fall (band)">The Fall</a>, in their 2003 song Idiot Joy Showland, reflect on the town's artifice while Macclesfield-based punk band the <a href="/wiki/Macc_Lads" title="Macc Lads">Macc Lads</a>, in their 1985 song Blackpool, boasts of outrageous and offensive behaviour reflective of the idea of that the town is a place to shed inhibitions.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> Recurring motifs in songs about Blackpool include the idea that Blackpool is an important part of English identity,<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> the distance between the glittering surface and a grimier reality of the town, and of Blackpool as a place of freedom and relative sexual freedom, as embodied by the Kiss Me Quick hat or "saucy postcard".<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> While depictions of Blackpool in popular music represent a wide range of attitudes to the town, their connection to the English working-class is inevitably a persistent seam running through them.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scenes">Scenes</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Scenes">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool has played a significant role in music scenes including <a href="/wiki/Northern_soul" title="Northern soul">northern soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rave" title="Rave">rave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grime_music" title="Grime music">grime</a>. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Mecca" title="Blackpool Mecca">Locarno Mecca</a> opened on Central Drive in April 1965 attracting acts including <a href="/wiki/Slade" title="Slade">Slade</a> (1972), <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers" title="Bob Marley and the Wailers">Bob Marley and the Wailers</a> (22 November 1973) and <a href="/wiki/Martha_and_the_Vandellas" title="Martha and the Vandellas">Martha and the Vandellas</a> (25 February 1977).<a href="#cite_note-:03-212">[211]</a> The venue went on to become home to one of four legendary northern soul nights in the Highland Room, established in 1970 by local DJ, Tony Jebb along with Les Cokell, followed by Ian Levine and <a href="/wiki/Colin_Curtis_(DJ)" title="Colin Curtis (DJ)">Colin Curtis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Page-227">[226]</a> At the end of the 1970s it was renamed Tiffany's and later the Rhythm Dome, home to Federation – influential in the 1990s <a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">house</a> and rave scene. It was demolished in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-228">[227]</a> Blackpool retains a strong connection to northern soul with major weekender events still taking place in the town at both the Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens.<a href="#cite_note-Page-227">[226]</a> The town also remains a frequent destination for soul weekenders, which were popular during the jazz-funk era of the mid-1980s.<a href="#cite_note-:13-217">[216]</a> Blackpool's embracing of punk in the 1970s and the subsequent middle-class reaction to it has been likened to the anxieties of the middle classes during the influx of working-class visitors arriving via the railway system to Blackpool with in Victorian times.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a> Blackpool's connection with punk is also said to reflect and gains its strength from Blackpool's poor life prospects in terms of employment, recreational drug use, health, housing and antisocial behaviour.<a href="#cite_note-:32-229">[228]</a> Blackpool was not initially at the forefront of the punk revolution, with its youth culture still preoccupied by northern soul throughout the ‘70s, and became more well known for its homegrown post-punk groups, <a href="/wiki/The_Membranes" title="The Membranes">The Membranes</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fits" title="The Fits">The Fits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Section_25_(band)" title="Section 25 (band)">Section 25</a> and the Ceramic Hobbs.<a href="#cite_note-:32-229">[228]</a> But punk has held on well in Blackpool which has hosted the annual <a href="/wiki/Rebellion_Festival" title="Rebellion Festival">Rebellion Festival</a> since 1996, attracting international visitors and claiming to be the largest independent punk music festival in the world. Its line up regularly includes many major bands from the heyday of punk. <a href="/wiki/Sham_69" title="Sham 69">Sham 69</a>, who played the festival in 1996, celebrated the event and its promotion of the punk values of acceptance and solidarity with their song Blackpool, released the following year.<a href="#cite_note-:23-223">[222]</a><a href="#cite_note-:32-229">[228]</a> In the mid-2010s a number of mostly school-aged MCs began to showcase themselves on YouTube channels including Blackpool Grime Media (BGMedia).<a href="#cite_note-:42-230">[229]</a> The aggressive and unapologetic branch of rap resonated with disaffected young people in Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-Charlesworth-231">[230]</a> Artists on BGMedia, including Afghan Dan, Little T, Millie B and Sophie Aspin, became the subject of a 2016 <a href="/wiki/Vice_Media" title="Vice Media">Vice</a> documentary Noisey Blackpool: The Controversial Rise of Blackpool Grime, followed by 2017's Noisey Blackpool 2: One Year On. And in October 2019 <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> aired It's Grime Up North, a documentary criticised for its "sneering derision" of children as young as 12 growing up in challenging circumstances.<a href="#cite_note-Charlesworth-231">[230]</a> Meanwhile, Blackpool grime's amateur approach was not taken seriously by music industry gatekeepers.<a href="#cite_note-:42-230">[229]</a> Millie B's 2016 track M to the B is a viral song that sparked a ‘<a href="/wiki/Chav" title="Chav">chav</a>-make-up’ trend on <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a>. The song ‘sends’ for Aspin as the pair were pitted against each other although the pair are now friends. Aspin claims that at the time she was exploited and incentivised with drugs to perform. Hip hop collective House of Wingz has gone on to work with Sophie Aspin and Millie B, teaming them up with Grammy-nominated producer <a href="/wiki/Nat_Powers" title="Nat Powers">Nat Powers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-232">[231]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eliza-233">[232]</a> Alongside the Empress Ballroom, which continues to host large touring bands, there are two independent music venues in Blackpool. Opened in 2014, Bootleg Social has established itself as a regular fixture for nationally touring bands and provides a platform for local musicians.<a href="#cite_note-234">[233]</a><a href="#cite_note-235">[234]</a> The Waterloo Music Bar is a popular independent music venue, regularly hosting local and touring bands with a focus on the <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal</a> genres, since its reinvention in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-236">[235]</a> In Good Company is a grassroots music collective in Blackpool that seeks out and nurtures musicians from across the Fylde Coast and provides them with regular gigs across the town's venues.<a href="#cite_note-Eliza-233">[232]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Film">edit</a>]</div> The resort is featured in the 1934 film <a href="/wiki/Sing_as_We_Go" class="mw-redirect" title="Sing as We Go">Sing as We Go</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a>, as well as other cinema and TV productions, including <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_(1949_film)" title="Forbidden (1949 film)">Forbidden</a> (1949), <a href="/wiki/Hindle_Wakes_(1952_film)" title="Hindle Wakes (1952 film)">Hindle Wakes</a> (1952), Holiday (1957),<a href="#cite_note-237">[236]</a> Coasting (1990),<a href="#cite_note-238">[237]</a> <a href="/wiki/Funny_Bones" title="Funny Bones">Funny Bones</a> (1995) starring <a href="/wiki/Lee_Evans_(comedian)" title="Lee Evans (comedian)">Lee Evans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Platt" title="Oliver Platt">Oliver Platt</a> and directed by St. Annes born Peter Chelsom, and <a href="/wiki/The_Parole_Officer" title="The Parole Officer">The Parole Officer</a> (2001) starring <a href="/wiki/Steve_Coogan" title="Steve Coogan">Steve Coogan</a>. The Japanese film <a href="/wiki/Shall_We_Dance_(1996_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shall We Dance (1996 film)">Shall We Dance?</a> (1996) closes with a scene at the World Ballroom Dancing Championships in Blackpool. All the hair styling for the film was completed by Blackpool-born-and-bred hairstylist Eileen Clough, who has been in the trade since the 1960s. In the Hollywood <a href="/wiki/Shall_We_Dance_(2004_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shall We Dance (2004 film)">remake of the film</a> (2004), directed by Peter Chelsom, Blackpool is mentioned but not shown. Blackpool is the setting for <a href="/wiki/Bhaji_on_the_Beach" title="Bhaji on the Beach">Bhaji on the Beach</a> (1993) directed by <a href="/wiki/Gurinder_Chadha" title="Gurinder Chadha">Gurinder Chadha</a>. The film <a href="/wiki/Like_It_Is_(film)" title="Like It Is (film)">Like It Is</a> (1998) directed by Paul Oremland was also partly filmed in Blackpool. The opening scenes were filmed in the Flamingo. The 2005 television comedy/thriller series <a href="/wiki/Funland_(TV_series)" title="Funland (TV series)">Funland</a> revolved around the fictionalised, seedier aspects of Blackpool. The town also features heavily in the BBC television serial <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool (television)">Blackpool</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/David_Morrissey" title="David Morrissey">David Morrissey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Parish" title="Sarah Parish">Sarah Parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a> and first broadcast in 2004, and the one-off follow-up <a href="/wiki/Viva_Blackpool" class="mw-redirect" title="Viva Blackpool">Viva Blackpool</a>, broadcast in June 2006. In 2006 Lion Television filmed The Great British Summer, which featured many buildings in Blackpool. The Royal Windsor Hotel was featured, with the owner talking all about the hotel seasons and industry. <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Manning" title="Bernard Manning">Bernard Manning</a> was also shown at the hotel doing his spot through the season hosted by Blackpool Born local Entertainer & DJ Gordon Head and other local acts. The Great British Summer was narrated by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Titchmarsh" title="Alan Titchmarsh">Alan Titchmarsh</a>. Between 10 September 2012 and 19 November 2012 the resort was featured in <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>'s <a href="/wiki/999:_What%27s_Your_Emergency%3F" title="999: What's Your Emergency?">999: What's Your Emergency?</a> The resort was also featured in the three-part reality television series, Blackpool Lights on <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Channel 5</a> in December 2013.<a href="#cite_note-five-239">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-gazette6334967-240">[239]</a> As well as this, the 2016 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Burton" title="Tim Burton">Tim Burton</a> film <a href="/wiki/Miss_Peregrine%27s_Home_for_Peculiar_Children_(film)" title="Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)">Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</a> also features Blackpool and its key tourist attraction, The Blackpool Tower. Blackpool was once again featured in a Channel 5 documentary series from 26 October 2017, this time entitled Bargain Loving Brits in Blackpool. The series ran for six episodes until 30 November 2017.<a href="#cite_note-241">[240]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> Newspapers that cover the Blackpool area are the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Gazette" title="Blackpool Gazette">Blackpool Gazette</a>, the daily newspaper covering the Fylde Coast area, known locally as The Gazette. The <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Evening_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancashire Evening Post">Lancashire Evening Post</a> is a daily evening newspaper covering the county of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. The principal local radio station is <a href="/wiki/106.5_Central_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="106.5 Central Radio">Central Radio North West</a> - across <a href="/wiki/The_Fylde" title="The Fylde">The Fylde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a> areas of Lancashire, news, talk, and music. The former local radio station <a href="/wiki/Radio_Wave_96.5" title="Radio Wave 96.5">Radio Wave</a>, was based on Mowbray Drive in Blackpool. This radio station closed and last aired on 20 August 2020. Blackpool also falls in the coverage area of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Lancashire" title="BBC Radio Lancashire">BBC Radio Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Lancashire" title="Hits Radio Lancashire">Hits Radio Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Lancashire" title="Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire">Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_North_West" title="Smooth North West">Smooth North West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heart_North_West" title="Heart North West">Heart North West</a>. Bay Trust Radio is a hospital radio station run by volunteers and broadcast throughout Blackpool Victoria Hospital, other hospitals in Lancashire and Cumbria and online. Radio Victoria, Blackpool was merged with Bay Trust Radio in October 2018.<a href="#cite_note-242">[241]</a> In September 2022, Fun Coast Digital, a not for profit Community Interest Company, was awarded an Ofcom licence to operate a DAB radio transmitter from the top of Blackpool Tower, allowing radio stations to broadcast across the Fylde Coast.<a href="#cite_note-243">[242]</a> Blackpool Social Club is an independent, volunteer-led online arts, culture and listings magazine which has been operating since 2012 (formerly as AltBlackpool) and has had various print editions.<a href="#cite_note-244">[243]</a> It is part of Aunty Social, a Community Interest Company and community arts organisation in Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-245">[244]</a> Other online publications serving Blackpool include Lancs Live and The BPL Bible. National television with local opt-outs is provided by <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">ITV Granada</a>, the ITV franchise holder for the North West, <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a>, the regional BBC station for the North West region. Blackpool also has a dedicated local TV news service, That's Lancashire, part of the <a href="/wiki/That%27s_TV" title="That's TV">That's TV</a> network, broadcast from their studio in Preston.<a href="#cite_note-246">[245]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTQ+">LGBTQ+</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: LGBTQ+">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg/220px-Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg/330px-Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg/440px-Blackpool_gay_pride_tram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1335" /></a><figcaption>A heritage tram decked out in rainbows for Blackpool Pride Parade 2023</figcaption></figure> Blackpool had its first <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay pride</a> celebration in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-247">[246]</a> Historically, seaside resorts have been able to provide niches for <a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">minority groups</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Walton-248">[247]</a> Blackpool, like other English resorts, has had a reputation for being a safe community for gay people.<a href="#cite_note-Walton-248">[247]</a> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, there was a proliferation of cafés, pubs and clubs where homosexual men could meet in Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-249">[248]</a> In the 1990s, the town began to be promoted as a gay tourist destination.<a href="#cite_note-Walton-248">[247]</a> Blackpool contains several bars, pubs and nightclubs aimed at the LGBTQ+ community. These include <a href="/wiki/Funny_Girls" title="Funny Girls">Funny Girls</a> (a <a href="/wiki/American_burlesque" title="American burlesque">burlesque</a> <a href="/wiki/Cabaret" title="Cabaret">cabaret</a> showbar), Flamingo and the Flying Handbag.<a href="#cite_note-250">[249]</a> As of the 2021 census, 3.26% of Blackpool residents aged over 16 identified as gay men or lesbians – this is the twelfth highest proportion among the 331 local authorities in England and Wales.<a href="#cite_note-251">[250]</a> In 2022, We're Still Here – an oral histories project supported by Heritage Lottery Fund was established by queer-led arts organisation Abingdon Studios and artists Garth Gratrix and Harry Clayton-Wright.<a href="#cite_note-252">[251]</a> Blackpool Pride has seen an arts and heritage strand as well as an international art project that aimed to raise awareness of sites of homophobic attack or insult reclaimed as sites beauty.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In October 2023 Blackpool Council launched a public survey to gather views on its vision to build on the strength of the high concentration of gay venues in the north of the town centre to create an area celebrating the resort's LGBTQ+ heritage.<a href="#cite_note-253">[252]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns/sister_cities">Twin towns/sister cities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Twin towns/sister cities">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bottrop" title="Bottrop">Bottrop</a>, Germany<a href="#cite_note-BCTWIN01-254">[253]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sanya" title="Sanya">Sanya</a>, China.<a href="#cite_note-BCTWIN02-255">[254]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Sport">edit</a>]</div> Blackpool has two main venues for boxing fight nights, the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Tower Circus Arena</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Gardens,_Blackpool" title="Winter Gardens, Blackpool">Winter Gardens</a>, which both hold regular fight nights throughout the year. Events at these venues have been screened on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Eurosport" class="mw-redirect" title="British Eurosport">British Eurosport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Channel_M" title="Channel M">Channel M</a>. Blackpool is home to many current and former professional boxers, including <a href="/wiki/Brian_Rose_(boxer)" title="Brian Rose (boxer)">Brian Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Arnfield" title="Jack Arnfield">Jack Arnfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Thomas_(boxer)" title="Jeff Thomas (boxer)">Jeff Thomas</a>, Mathew Ellis, <a href="/wiki/Matty_Askin" title="Matty Askin">Matty Askin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Cardle" title="Scott Cardle">Scott Cardle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Cricket_Club" title="Blackpool Cricket Club">Blackpool Cricket Club</a> is Blackpool's major cricketing team, playing in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_Cricket_League" title="Northern Premier Cricket League">Northern Premier Cricket League</a>, formerly the Northern Cricket League. It has won the league 18 times (once jointly with Preston), making it the most successful side in the competition.<a href="#cite_note-256">[255]</a> Established in 1893, the club's home is in the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park,_Blackpool" title="Stanley Park, Blackpool">Stanley Park</a>, which also hosts <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lancashire County Cricket Club">Lancashire County Cricket Club</a>. The annual Blackpool Marathon is staged on the Promenade each April. Thousands of competitors run on the closed Promenade, organised by Fylde Coast Runners.<a href="#cite_note-257">[256]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_and_rugby">Football and rugby</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Football and rugby">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg/220px-Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg/330px-Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg/440px-Bloomfield_Road_PL_Kickoff-geograph-2039284.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Road" title="Bloomfield Road">Bloomfield Road</a> Stadium, home of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool F.C.</a></figcaption></figure> The town's professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club is <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool F.C.</a>, who have spent 31 seasons in the top division and won the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_Final_1953" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup Final 1953">1953 FA Cup Final</a>. Former Blackpool players include Sir <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Jimmy Armfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Gratrix" title="Roy Gratrix">Roy Gratrix</a>. There are other, smaller football clubs located within Blackpool, including <a href="/wiki/A.F.C._Blackpool" title="A.F.C. Blackpool">A.F.C. Blackpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Wren_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.">Blackpool Wren Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Squires_Gate_F.C." title="Squires Gate F.C.">Squires Gate</a>. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Borough" title="Blackpool Borough">Blackpool Borough</a> were the first professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> club in the town. However, they eventually folded after leaving the town in 1987. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Panthers" title="Blackpool Panthers">Blackpool Panthers</a> were formed in 2004 and played in <a href="/wiki/RFL_League_1" class="mw-redirect" title="RFL League 1">Co-operative Championship One</a>. They ground-shared at <a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Road" title="Bloomfield Road">Bloomfield Road</a> then in 2007 at <a href="/wiki/Woodlands_Memorial_Ground" title="Woodlands Memorial Ground">Woodlands Memorial Ground</a>, the home of <a href="/wiki/Fylde_Rugby_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Fylde Rugby Club">Fylde Rugby Club</a> in the neighbouring town of <a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham St Annes</a>. The club ceased to exist after the 2010 season due to lack of finance.<a href="#cite_note-258">[257]</a> Blackpool Stanley, Blackpool Scorpions and Blackpool Sea Eagles are amateur rugby league clubs in the town. The resort formerly held the now discontinued <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rail_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Rail Cup">Northern Rail Cup</a> Final at <a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Road" title="Bloomfield Road">Bloomfield Road</a>, a Rugby League knockout competition for all clubs outside of the <a href="/wiki/Super_League" title="Super League">Super League</a> attracting many thousands of visitors. Blackpool is currently home to the annual '<a href="/wiki/Summer_Bash" title="Summer Bash">Summer Bash</a>' rugby league tournament held at Bloomfield Road, where an entire round of Championship matches are played in the town to showcase the sport. Blackpool also has a rugby union club, called Blackpool RUFC. Their home ground is Norbreck Rugby Ground. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Golf">edit</a>]</div> There are three golf clubs in Blackpool. Blackpool North Shore Golf Club opened in 1904, moving to its present site on Knowle Hill in 1927; the new <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">course</a> was designed by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Colt" title="Harry Colt">Harry Colt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-259">[258]</a> In 1926, an <a href="/wiki/Alister_MacKenzie" title="Alister MacKenzie">Alister MacKenzie</a> designed course opened within Stanley Park;<a href="#cite_note-Landscape10-260">[259]</a> it is home to <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Park_Golf_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool Park Golf Club">Blackpool Park Golf Club</a>. The newest addition is Herons' Reach Golf Resort, which was designed by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Allis" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Allis">Peter Allis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clive_Clark_(golfer)" title="Clive Clark (golfer)">Clive Clark</a> and opened in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-261">[260]</a> Blackpool Golf Club, which opened in 1894, was located in <a href="/wiki/South_Shore,_Blackpool" title="South Shore, Blackpool">South Shore</a>; it closed at the beginning of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, with the land subsequently becoming part of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Airport" title="Blackpool Airport">Blackpool Airport</a>.<a href="#cite_note-262">[261]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional_wrestling">Professional wrestling</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling">edit</a>]</div> The Pleasure Beach's Horseshoe Show Bar was home to <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestling</a> events throughout the season, promoted by Bobby Baron. The bar shows were home to a "wrestling booth" where members of the public could challenge the wrestlers for cash prizes for each round they survived. These challenges would be taken by <a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">shooters</a>, wrestlers skilled in the brutal submission holds of <a href="/wiki/Catch_wrestling" title="Catch wrestling">catch wrestling</a>, which they could deploy to defend the prize money even against skilled <a href="/wiki/Amateur_wrestler" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur wrestler">amateur wrestlers</a>. Booths such as these had been a foundation of the professional wrestling industry since the 19th century, and Baron's booth is reputed to have been the last of its kind in the world.<a href="#cite_note-Regal-263">[262]</a> Numerous renowned professional wrestlers worked as carnival shooters at the booth, including future <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> star <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a>; his tag team partner <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Brookside" title="Robbie Brookside">Robbie Brookside</a>; Shak Khan, who runs a catch wrestling school in the area; Dave Duran (John Palin) and future women's champion <a href="/wiki/Klondyke_Kate" title="Klondyke Kate">Klondyke Kate</a>. The booth ended with Baron's death in 1994, although other promoters have since held shows in the bar.<a href="#cite_note-Regal-263">[262]</a> Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Tower_Circus" class="mw-redirect" title="Tower Circus">Tower Circus</a> was a frequent venue for wrestling shows. A photograph of noted wrestling <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">villain</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pye" title="Jack Pye">Jack Pye</a> in action at the circus was, for some time in the late 2000s, displayed by the entrance to the circus. The tradition was revived by <a href="/wiki/All_Star_Wrestling" title="All Star Wrestling">All Star Wrestling</a> when they promoted a summer season at the venue in 2008, and a similar summer season in 2012 at the Winter Gardens. The Tower Ballroom hosted one date of the six show live tour of the <a href="/wiki/World_of_Sport_Wrestling" title="World of Sport Wrestling">World of Sport Wrestling</a> TV show in February 2019. WWE held a tournament at the <a href="/wiki/Empress_Ballroom" title="Empress Ballroom">Empress Ballroom</a> on 14 and 15 January 2017 to crown the inaugural <a href="/wiki/WWE_United_Kingdom_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE United Kingdom Champion">WWE United Kingdom Champion</a>. In attendance were Regal and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>, with the latter commenting to local journalists, "Blackpool has this reputation. It's easy to get to, a lot of people come here and when they come here they lose it and that's what we wanted. I almost feel like there wasn't really another choice."<a href="#cite_note-264">[263]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Bate" title="Tyler Bate">Tyler Bate</a> won the inaugural tournament to become the first WWE United Kingdom Champion.<a href="#cite_note-UKTitle01152017-265">[264]</a> Several renowned wrestlers have invested in Blackpool. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thornley" title="Peter Thornley">Kendo Nagasaki</a> owns the Trades Hotel and KAOS Nightclub,<a href="#cite_note-266">[265]</a> Rex Strong (born Barry Shearman, 1942–2017) owned the Hadley Hotel,<a href="#cite_note-267">[266]</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[267]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Saint" title="Johnny Saint">Johnny Saint</a> owned a block of holiday flats in the town.<a href="#cite_note-269">[268]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Crabtree" title="Shirley Crabtree">Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree</a> worked as a lifeguard on Central Pier. He was reunited, on a 1979 edition of ITV's <a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)" title="This Is Your Life (British TV series)">This Is Your Life</a>, with a woman whose life he had saved in the course of his duties.<a href="#cite_note-270">[269]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] The <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Combat_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackpool Combat Club">Blackpool Combat Club</a>, a heel faction in <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> led by Regal, was named in honour of Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-e384-271">[270]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skateboarding">Skateboarding</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Skateboarding">edit</a>]</div> Ramp City is an indoor <a href="/wiki/Skatepark" title="Skatepark">skatepark</a> in Blackpool. It is made up of wooden ramps and consists of a large street, park and transition section.<a href="#cite_note-272">[271]</a> The park was home to a full pipe and kidney-shaped bowl but these were removed in 2016 to make way for a roller rink. It houses one of the UK's biggest <a href="/wiki/Vert_ramp" title="Vert ramp">vert ramps</a> (13 ft 3in) and hosts the UK Vert Series Seaside Sessions.<a href="#cite_note-273">[272]</a><a href="#cite_note-274">[273]</a> In 2014, then number one UK female skater Lucy Adams named the park one of her favourites in England.<a href="#cite_note-275">[274]</a> Ramp City also contains a branch of independent skate shop, Big Woody's, that first opened in Blackpool in June 2002.<a href="#cite_note-276">[275]</a> In 2020 the park began hosting girl's only skate nights.<a href="#cite_note-277">[276]</a> The Skate Like A Girl (SLAG) collective is a group of female skaters from Blackpool who aim to reclaim the derogatory language they claim can be used towards women in the sport and create safe and inclusive skating environments for women. It works closely with Reclaim Blackpool, a project mapping sexual harassment in public spaces in the town.<a href="#cite_note-278">[277]</a><a href="#cite_note-279">[278]</a> In May 2022, an all-concrete skatepark was built on Stanley Park in Blackpool following a community fundraising effort to replace an old run down skatepark.<a href="#cite_note-280">[279]</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Live_Like_Ralph&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Live Like Ralph (page does not exist)">Live Like Ralph</a> is a charity celebrating the memory of local skater Ralph Roberts who died suddenly of Sarcoidosis in 2021. It aims to provide skateboards and equipment to young skaters and build and maintain skateparks. In 2023 it collaborated with another Blackpool charity, Skool of Street, to build a safe and supportive indoor skatepark called Ralph's House at House of Wingz studio on Back Reeds Road.<a href="#cite_note-281">[280]</a> Disorder is a 2021 short film by the ATB Collective highlighting hidden and well-known skate spots in Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-282">[281]</a> Curb Culture is a skateboarding zine highlighting local skateboarding culture.<a href="#cite_note-283">[282]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacred_Heart_Church,_Blackpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg/220px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg/330px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg/440px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Blackpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Church,_Blackpool" title="Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool">Sacred Heart Church</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Blackpool" title="List of churches in Blackpool">List of churches in Blackpool</a></div> Blackpool has a number of Christian churches, including 18 <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Anglican</a> and 10 <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> churches.<a href="#cite_note-B4ME001-284">[283]</a> Other Christian groups in the town include Blackpool <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptist</a> Tabernacle, Blackpool Christian Centre, Blackpool Community Church, Kings Christian Centre, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Community_Church" title="Metropolitan Community Church">Liberty Church</a>, and New Life Community Church.<a href="#cite_note-B4ME001-284">[283]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Shrine_of_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes,_Blackpool" title="Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackpool">Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes</a> is now <a href="/wiki/Redundant_church" title="Redundant church">redundant</a> and is being converted into a community centre by the <a href="/wiki/Historic_Chapels_Trust" title="Historic Chapels Trust">Historic Chapels Trust</a>.<a href="#cite_note-285">[284]</a> There were previously two synagogues in Blackpool for its Jewish population, now down to one. The <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Reform_Jewish_Congregation" title="Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation">Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation</a> caters to the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform</a> population and is located on Raikes Parade with a synagogue hall and classroom facilities, a purpose-built sanctuary hall and an assembly room. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_United_Hebrew_Congregation" title="Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation">Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation</a> was an <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> synagogue located on Leamington Road with a synagogue hall and community centre. The synagogue closed in May 2012 due to a declining Orthodox population, with the final rabbi David Braunold having retired in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-B4ME001-284">[283]</a> As of January 2022, the building which formerly housed the synagogue was awaiting new use. There is a residential <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> Centre in North Shore called Keajra Kadampa Buddhist Centre which is a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Kadampa_Tradition" title="New Kadampa Tradition">New Kadampa Tradition</a>.<a href="#cite_note-B4ME001-284">[283]</a> There are also two mosques for the <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> population: the purpose-built <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_Mosque" title="Blackpool Central Mosque">Blackpool Central Mosque & Islamic Community Centre</a> is located on Revoe Street and provides prayer facilities while the Blackpool Islamic Community Centre (BICC) offers <a href="/wiki/Islamic_studies" title="Islamic studies">Islamic education</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BCMICC-286">[285]</a> Blackpool also has small communities of <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼís</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-287">[286]</a> The Blackpool Faith Forum was established in 2001 in conjunction with Blackpool Council to provide <a href="/wiki/Interfaith_dialogue" title="Interfaith dialogue">interfaith</a> dialogue between the various faith groups in the town, to raise awareness of the various faiths in the town and to promote a <a href="/wiki/Multifaith" title="Multifaith">multifaith</a> community. It is linked to the Interfaith Network of UK.<a href="#cite_note-B4ME002-288">[287]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gazette2057413-289">[288]</a> In February 2007 a youth forum was established, Blackpool Faith Forum for Youth (BIFFY).<a href="#cite_note-Gazette1909549-290">[289]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Blackpool" title="List of schools in Blackpool">List of schools in Blackpool</a></div> As well as 29 state primary schools and eight state secondary schools, there is also a range of activities for children and young people in the town. Some of these are delivered by Blackpool Young People Services (a part of Blackpool Council).<a href="#cite_note-291">[290]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Transport">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Air">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Airport" title="Blackpool Airport">Blackpool Airport</a> operated regular charter and scheduled flights throughout the UK and Europe. The airport is actually just over the borough boundary into <a href="/wiki/Fylde_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fylde (borough)">Fylde Borough</a>, although a proposal to reorganise Blackpool's borders would see the airport incorporated into Blackpool Borough. This airport, formerly known as Blackpool Squires Gate Airport, is one of the oldest in the UK having hosted public flying meetings in 1909 and 1910. After a gap, it was active from the 1930s to mid 2014 and from December 2014 to date. Airlines that served Blackpool, before its temporary closure in late 2014, included <a href="/wiki/Jet2.com" title="Jet2.com">Jet2.com</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aer_Arran" class="mw-redirect" title="Aer Arran">Aer Arran</a>. The airport was reopened to small aircraft after failing to find a buyer in December 2014 but flights ceased in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-292">[291]</a> Access to the town by air is now via <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport" title="Liverpool John Lennon Airport">Liverpool John Lennon Airport</a> or <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a>, both approximately 40 miles (64 km) away by road. In 1927 the local council announced that an airfield would be built near Stanley Park, which would become <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park_Aerodrome" title="Stanley Park Aerodrome">Stanley Park Aerodrome</a> offering flights to the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> for £1-16s–0d (£1.80).<a href="#cite_note-BIA001-293">[292]</a> The airport opened in 1929 and was officially opened by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> in 1931.<a href="#cite_note-CT001-294">[293]</a> However, with the opening of Squires Gate Airport a decision was announced in 1936 by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Ministry of Transport</a> to close the Stanley Park airfield. In fact, civil operations continued until the outbreak of war with scheduled services to the Isle of Man and elsewhere.<a href="#cite_note-RAS001-295">[294]</a> During the war, Stanley Park was used as a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) training station, known as No. 3 School of Technical Training. <a href="/wiki/Vickers" title="Vickers">Vickers</a> assembled many <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Wellington</a> bombers here and <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighters</a> were repaired for the RAF. The airfield closed in 1947. The land on which the airport stood now covers <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Zoo" title="Blackpool Zoo">Blackpool Zoo</a> and a hotel and golf course. The <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangars</a> from the old airport are still in use at Blackpool Zoo as the main entrance building, Playbarn, Education Academy and camel house.<a href="#cite_note-CT001-294">[293]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus_and_coach">Bus and coach</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Bus and coach">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_(T884_RBR),_17_April_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg/220px-Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg/330px-Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg/440px-Blackpool_Transport_bus_221_%28T884_RBR%29%2C_17_April_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Transport" title="Blackpool Transport">Blackpool Transport</a> bus en route to <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood" title="Fleetwood">Fleetwood</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Transport" title="Blackpool Transport">Blackpool Transport</a> operates the main bus services in and around Blackpool</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Merseyside_%26_South_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire">Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire</a> operates the regional bus and coach services in and out of Blackpool</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a> operates the main long-distance coach services in and out of Blackpool</li></ul> Facilities include: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_bus_station" title="Blackpool bus station">Blackpool Talbot Road Bus Station</a>, which was the main town centre bus station but is now a gym. Blackpool Transport stopped using the bus station in the early 2000s after a disagreement with Blackpool Council regarding the state of the bus station building. Blackpool Transport now use Market Street and Corporation Street, in the town centre, as their bus interchange. National Express have also recently stopped using this bus station, moving to the new National Express Blackpool Central Coach Station.</li> <li>Blackpool Central Coach Station<a href="#cite_note-296">[295]</a> is the main coach station for all National Express coach services. which is also used by some independent coach operators. The coach station has a booking office and toilet facilities.</li> <li>Blackpool Lonsdale Road Coach Station was the main coach station for <a href="/wiki/South_Shore,_Blackpool" title="South Shore, Blackpool">South Shore</a> district of Blackpool. This was mainly used by independent coach operators. The coach station has a café, shop and toilet facilities but is in a state of disrepair.</li> <li>Blackpool Colosseum Bus & Coach Station, which was the main bus and coach station in South Shore. Located next to Blackpool Transport Headquarters, it was demolished to make way for a <a href="/wiki/Somerfield" title="Somerfield">Somerfield</a> supermarket. The site is now occupied by the link road from the M55 motorway and additional depot parking.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Railway">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"><div style="position:relative;width:220px;border:1px solid lightgray"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blackpool is located in Blackpool"><img alt="Blackpool is located in Blackpool" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg/220px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg/330px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg/440px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1079" data-file-height="1305" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.909%;left:47.133%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><img alt="Blackpool North" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:83.727%;left:44%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><img alt="Blackpool Pleasure Beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach_railway_station" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station">Blackpool Pleasure Beach</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.273%;left:47.467%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><img alt="Blackpool South" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_railway_station" title="Blackpool South railway station">Blackpool South</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.909%;left:59.6%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><img alt="Layton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Layton_railway_station_(England)" title="Layton railway station (England)">Layton</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:93.364%;left:46.467%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><img alt="Squires Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Squires_Gate_railway_station" title="Squires Gate railway station">Squires Gate</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:59.909%;left:43.867%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Blackpool Central" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_railway_station" title="Blackpool Central railway station">Blackpool Central</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.636%;left:47.133%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="South Shore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_railway_station" title="South Shore railway station">South Shore</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_United_Kingdom_Blackpool.svg" title="File:Location map United Kingdom Blackpool.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a> Railway station <a href="/wiki/File:Pink_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/16px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a> Site of former railway station</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg/220px-Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg/330px-Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg/440px-Blackpool_North_railway_station_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Interior of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North station</a></figcaption></figure> Train operators that serve Blackpool are: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avanti_West_Coast" title="Avanti West Coast">Avanti West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Trains" title="Northern Trains">Northern Trains</a></li></ul> Stations in the town are, or were: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North</a> (originally Talbot Road)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach_railway_station" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station">Blackpool Pleasure Beach</a> (originally Burlington Road Halt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_railway_station" title="Blackpool South railway station">Blackpool South</a> (originally Waterloo Road)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Layton_railway_station_(England)" title="Layton railway station (England)">Layton</a> (originally Bispham)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squires_Gate_railway_station" title="Squires Gate railway station">Squires Gate</a> (just outside the borough boundary but serving <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Airport" title="Blackpool Airport">Blackpool Airport</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_railway_station" title="Blackpool Central railway station">Blackpool Central</a> (originally Hounds Hill, closed 1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_railway_station" title="South Shore railway station">South Shore</a> (renamed Lytham Road 1903, closed 1916)</li></ul> Blackpool once had two railway terminals with a total of over 30 platforms, mainly used by excursion traffic in the summer. <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Central_railway_station" title="Blackpool Central railway station">Blackpool Central</a>, close to <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a>, was closed in 1964, while <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North</a> was largely demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility. The route of the former excursion line into Blackpool Central is now used as a link road from the M55 motorway to the town centre. The line into Blackpool via <a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham St Annes</a> now has a station serving <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach" title="Blackpool Pleasure Beach">Blackpool Pleasure Beach</a> but terminates at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_railway_station" title="Blackpool South railway station">Blackpool South station</a>. The line into North station is now the more important. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Road">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/M55_motorway" title="M55 motorway">M55 motorway</a> links the town to the national motorway network. Other major roads in the town are the <a href="/wiki/A583_road" title="A583 road">A583</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kirkham,_Lancashire" title="Kirkham, Lancashire">Kirkham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, the <a href="/wiki/A587_road" title="A587 road">A587</a> and <a href="/wiki/A585_road" title="A585 road">A585</a> to <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood" title="Fleetwood">Fleetwood</a>, the <a href="/wiki/A586_road" title="A586 road">A586</a> to <a href="/wiki/Poulton-le-Fylde" title="Poulton-le-Fylde">Poulton-le-Fylde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garstang" title="Garstang">Garstang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Lancashire" title="Lancaster, Lancashire">Lancaster</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A584_road" title="A584 road">A584</a> and B5261, which both lead to <a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham St Annes</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tram">Tram</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Tram">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg/220px-Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="538" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg/330px-Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg/440px-Trams_Blackpool-Fleetwood.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="327" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A map of the tram network</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flexity_2_(Blackpool)_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg/220px-Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg/330px-Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg/440px-Flexity_2_%28Blackpool%29_tram_at_Tower_tram_stop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Flexity_2_(Blackpool)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool)">Flexity 2</a> tram, No 011 at Tower tram station in April 2012</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:712_at_Bispham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/712_at_Bispham.jpg/220px-712_at_Bispham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/712_at_Bispham.jpg/330px-712_at_Bispham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/712_at_Bispham.jpg/440px-712_at_Bispham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1791" /></a><figcaption>An unmodified double-decker <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Balloon" title="English Electric Balloon">English Electric Balloon</a> tram on the Promenade at Bispham</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tramway" title="Blackpool Tramway">Blackpool Tramway</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Tramway" title="Blackpool Tramway">Blackpool Tramway</a> runs from <a href="/wiki/Starr_Gate" title="Starr Gate">Starr Gate</a> in Blackpool to <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood" title="Fleetwood">Fleetwood</a> and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-TT001-297">[296]</a> The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Transport" title="Blackpool Transport">Blackpool Transport</a>, owned by Blackpool Council. The tramway runs for 11 miles (18 km) and carries 6,500,000 passengers each year.<a href="#cite_note-FWN764391-298">[297]</a> The tramway was for a long time the only working tramway in the United Kingdom outside of museums. It was also the UK's first electric system. However, there are now a number of other tramways, including <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Supertram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Supertram">Sheffield Supertram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams" title="Edinburgh Trams">Edinburgh Trams</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Metro" title="West Midlands Metro">West Midlands Metro</a>. On 1 February 2008 it was announced that the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government</a> had agreed to a joint Blackpool Transport and Blackpool Council bid for funding toward the total upgrade of the track. The government contributed £60.3m of the total £85.3m cost. Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council each provided about £12.5m. The Government's decision meant that the entire length of the tramway from Starr Gate to Fleetwood was upgraded and also sixteen new trams joined the fleet.<a href="#cite_note-Gazette3734967-299">[298]</a> In April 2012, the tramway reopened after the major reconstruction. Day to day services are run by the 16 <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Flexity_2_(Blackpool)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Flexity 2 (Blackpool)">Flexity 2</a> trams. Several double deck <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Balloon" title="English Electric Balloon">English Electric Balloon</a> trams from the older fleet have been widened to work alongside the new trams to provide additional capacity in the summer months. Several non-modified older trams also operate a heritage service from Pleasure Beach to Little Bispham on weekends and holidays with a slight upcharge.<a href="#cite_note-300">[299]</a> An extension of the new service to <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool North railway station</a> was planned to open by April 2019, between the existing North Pier stop of the Blackpool Tramway, along Talbot Road, and terminating at Blackpool North railway station. This was delayed and in September 2021 was rescheduled to open in Summer 2022.<a href="#cite_note-301">[300]</a> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_Borough">Freedom of the Borough</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Freedom of the Borough">edit</a>]</div> The following people and military units have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Borough</a> of Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-302">[301]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Individuals">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>William Henry Cocker: 19 June 1897.</li> <li>Joseph Heap: 19 November 1907.</li> <li>John Bickerstaffe: 6 February 1912.</li> <li>James Fish: 6 February 1912.</li> <li>James Ward: 16 November 1914.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Butcher_Mather" title="Robert Butcher Mather">Robert Butcher Mather</a>: 16 November 1914.</li> <li>John Grime: 3 November 1915.</li> <li>James Heyes: 3 November 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">David Lloyd George</a>: 6 August 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier General</a> Thomas Edward Topping: 2 August 1922.</li> <li>Thomas Bickerstaffe: 4 August 1926.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lindsay_Parkinson" title="Albert Lindsay Parkinson">Sir Lindsay Parkinson</a>: 4 August 1926.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Broadhead" title="William Henry Broadhead">William Henry Broadhead</a> : 4 August 1926.</li> <li>Henry Brown : 3 October 1928.</li> <li>Samuel Hill : 3 October 1928.</li> <li>John Collins : 3 October 1928.</li> <li>Thomas Fielding : 3 October 1928.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_17th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby">Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby</a> : 1 August 1934.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Stamp,_1st_Baron_Stamp" title="Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp">Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp</a>: 23 March 1937.</li> <li>Sir Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy: 31 January 1938.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Sir Winston Churchill</a>: 4 September 1946.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Lord Montgomery of Alamein</a>: 21 July 1948.</li> <li>Eli Hey Howe: 3 March 1950.</li> <li>Tom Gallon Lumb: 3 March 1950.</li> <li>Thomas Fenton: 3 March 1950.</li> <li>Sir Harold R Grime : 3 March 1950.</li> <li>Rhodes William Marshall: 2 May 1973.</li> <li>Harold Grimbledeston: 2 May 1973.</li> <li>Ernest Alfred Machin: 2 May 1973.</li> <li>Joseph Shepherd Richardson: 2 May 1973.</li> <li>Leonard Broughton: 2 May 1973.</li> <li>Raymond Jacobs: 25 June 1984.</li> <li>Walter Uriah Robinson: 25 June 1984.</li> <li>Harold Leslie Hoyle: 25 June 1984.</li> <li>Percy Patrick Hall: 25 June 1984.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Stan Mortensen</a>: 29 November 1989.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Thompson" title="Doris Thompson">Doris Thompson</a>: 9 April 2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Jimmy Armfield</a>: 9 April 2003.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_units">Military units</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Military units">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>R (Blackpool) Battery 288 (2nd West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a>: 1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(F127)" title="HMS Penelope (F127)">HMS Penelope</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>: 1990.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Regiment_Royal_Artillery" title="12th Regiment Royal Artillery">12th Regiment Royal Artillery</a>: 2005.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Lancaster's Regiment">Duke of Lancaster's Regiment</a>: 2017.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Loyal_North_Lancashire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyal North Lancashire Regiment">Loyal North Lancashire Regiment</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(S93)" title="HMS Triumph (S93)">HMS Triumph</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>: 2017.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Blackpool" title="List of people from Blackpool">List of people from Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_High_Tide_Organ" title="Blackpool High Tide Organ">Blackpool High Tide Organ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Blackpool" title="Listed buildings in Blackpool">Listed buildings in Blackpool</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackpool&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div 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navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_shipwrecks" title="Blackpool shipwrecks">Shipwrecks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abana_(barque)" title="Abana (barque)">Abana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Foudroyant_(1798)" title="HMS Foudroyant (1798)">HMS Foudroyant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Riverdance" title="MS Riverdance">Riverdance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirene_(barque)" title="Sirene (barque)">Sirene</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Heritage_Trams" title="Blackpool Heritage Trams">Blackpool Heritage Trams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Gazette" title="Blackpool Gazette">Blackpool Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Wave_96.5" title="Radio Wave 96.5">Radio Wave 96.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Lancashire" title="Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire">Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Council" title="Blackpool Council">Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Borough_Council_elections" title="Blackpool Borough Council elections">Council elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2000 Blackpool Borough Council election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2003 Blackpool Borough Council election">03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2007 Blackpool Borough Council election">07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2011 Blackpool Borough Council election">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Blackpool_Borough_Council_election" title="2015 Blackpool Borough Council election">15</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Constituencies: <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool North (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool North</a> <ul><li>By-election: <a href="/wiki/1962_Blackpool_North_by-election" title="1962 Blackpool North by-election">1962</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_and_Cleveleys_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool North and Cleveleys (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool North and Cleveleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_and_Fleetwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool North and Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lancashire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Lancashire</a> <ul><li>By-elections: <a href="/wiki/1874_North_Lancashire_by-election" title="1874 North Lancashire by-election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_North_Lancashire_by-election" title="1878 North Lancashire by-election">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_North_Lancashire_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1885 North Lancashire by-election">85</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport</th><td 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Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Borough" title="Blackpool Borough">Blackpool Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Cricket_Club" title="Blackpool Cricket Club">Blackpool Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Panthers" title="Blackpool Panthers">Blackpool Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Sea_Eagles" title="Blackpool Sea Eagles">Blackpool Sea Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Seagulls" title="Blackpool Seagulls">Blackpool Seagulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Wren_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.">Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rail_Nines" title="Northern Rail Nines">Northern Rail Nines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squires_Gate_F.C." title="Squires Gate F.C.">Squires Gate F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Seniors_Championship" title="2015 World Seniors Championship">2015 World 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