--- title: "Blackpool – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Blackpool, United Kingdom: Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Nearby: Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Tower, Pleasure Beach Resort. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/blackpool" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/blackpool.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg" --- Coastal town in Lancashire, England · United Kingdom # Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. ![Blackpool](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Blackpool_tower_and_illuminations.jpg) Blackpool · Wikimedia Commons The place Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Blackpool 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Bloomfield Road Bloomfield Road is a football stadium in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Blackpool Football Club since 1901. It is the third stadium since the club's founding, the previous two being Raikes Hall Gardens and the Athletic Grounds. 1.1 km · football stadium in Blackpool, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomfield_Road) 2. Blackpool Tower Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. When it opened, Blackpool Tower was the tallest man-made structure in the British Empire. 400 m · observation tower and entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Tower) 3. Pleasure Beach Resort Pleasure Beach Resort, best known by its former name Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. The park was founded in 1896 by A. W. G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite. 2.7 km · amusement park in Blackpool, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach) 4. Blackpool Central Mosque Blackpool Central Mosque and Islamic Community Centre is a Sunni mosque in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. 700 m · mosque located in Blackpool, United kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Central_Mosque) 5. Blackpool Zoo Blackpool Zoo is a 32-acre zoo, owned by Parques Reunidos and located in the sea-side resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It cares for over 1,000 animals from all over the world. 2.5 km · zoo · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Zoo) 6. Infusion Infusion is an inverted roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It opened on 2 May 2007, and was built by Vekoma. 2.4 km · inverted steel roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Lancashire, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infusion_(roller_coaster%29) 7. The Big One The Big One is a steel hypercoaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened to the public on 28 May 1994 as the tallest roller coaster in the world, featuring a height of 65 metres. 2.8 km · steel roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_One_(roller_coaster%29) 8. Revolution Revolution is a launched shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It was built by Arrow Development in 1979, and was the first European roller coaster to feature an inversion. 2.7 km · shuttle roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach%29) 9. Wild Mouse Wild Mouse was a Wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, England. It opened in 1958, and was one of only four remaining wooden wild mouse coasters left in the world during its final season of operation. 2.6 km · roller coaster at Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mouse_(Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach%29) 10. Icon Icon is a launched roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the ride opened on 25 May 2018, and had a total cost of £16.25 million. 2.7 km · roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(roller_coaster%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Blackpool Tower A Victorian tribute-act to the Eiffel Tower, 518 ft (158 m) high, part of a big leisure complex. 2. St Johns Anglican Completed in 1878 in Early English style. 3. North Pier North Pier was opened in 1863 and is 550 yards (500 m) long. 4. Central Pier This opened in 1868 to target the day-tripper mass-market that North Pier didn't care for, so it was close to the (now vanished) Central Station and has always had more amusements. 5. South Pier When opened in 1893 it was called Victoria Pier. 6. Blackpool Pleasure Beach From [Wikivoyage: Blackpool](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Blackpool), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do What's on? Check local listings for forthcoming events in Blackpool. Blackpool Sands extend for miles. The area between North and Central Piers can get busy and trash-strewn in summer. Take a donkey ride, ironically if that helps (not Fridays; 50-kg rider weight limit). From [Wikivoyage: Blackpool](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Blackpool), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat "Chippies" are everywhere in Blackpool, but the quality varies enormously. The promenade is one enormous strip of fish & chips and other fast-food places. From [Wikivoyage: Blackpool](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Blackpool), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Blackpool **Airports:** Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 55 km · Manchester (MAN), 73 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 91 km\ **Stations:** Blackpool Airport, 5 km · Blackpool North railway station, 900 m · Blackpool South railway station, 1.8 km · Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station, 2.9 km · Squires Gate railway station, 4.1 km\ - Liverpool → Blackpool 45 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/liverpool-to-blackpool) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Blackpool) - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Blackpool 68 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-blackpool) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Blackpool) - Leeds, West Yorkshire → Blackpool 99 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/leeds-west-yorkshire-to-blackpool) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Leeds%2C+West+Yorkshire&to=Blackpool) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Blackpool) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Blackpool Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blackpool. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Ferries no longer sail from nearby Fleetwood. - Get in The closest ferry routes are from Heysham near Morecambe to Douglas, Isle of Man, and from Liverpool to Dublin and Belfast. From [Wikivoyage: Blackpool](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Blackpool), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 237 km 2. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 273 km 3. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 298 km 4. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 313 km 5. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 367 km If you know how people move in Blackpool – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cblackpool&title=Blackpool&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fblackpool), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Blackpool Blackpool is 23 km from [Preston](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/preston), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Poulton-le-Fylde](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/poulton-le-fylde) town in Lancashire, England, UK 5.1 km - [Staining](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/staining) village and civil parish in Lancashire, England 3.9 km - [Carleton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/carleton) village in Lancashire, United Kingdom 4.3 km - [Marton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marton) suburb in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK 2.8 km - [Layton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/layton) district of the town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England 2.7 km - [South Shore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-shore) area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England 2.6 km [The place page for Blackpool](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/blackpool) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/blackpool, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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