
- Airport: Scheduled, charter and pleasure flights, flying
lessons,
public enclosure, bar, restaurant, Tourist Information desk, Duty Free Shop and
"Vulcan Bomber' exhibit.
- Aquariums: Sea Life Centre, above Golden Mile Centre,
Central Promenade. Undersea World, Tower World complex.
- Art Gallery: Queen Street.
- Athletic Track: Full eight-lane all-weather track; two full
size
football pitches; Sports Injury Clinic. All at Stanley Park.
- Beach: Seven miles of flat
sandy beach.
- Boating: 26-acre lake at Stanley Park, North Shore Boating
Pool and sea trips from Central Pier.
- Bowling: 26 municipal crown and flat greens, many hotels
have
greens with competitions. Blackpool Indoor Bowls Centre has eight flat green
rinks,
bar and restaurant and is situated close to North Railway Station.
- Brass Bands: Concerts at Stanley Park and North Shore
Boating Pool during season.
- Caravan & Campsites:
- Children's Playgrounds: Sixteen.
- Churches:
- Cinemas: Two
(see local press for details).
- Coach Services: Direct service to all major cities via
National
Coach network. Many local coach firms offer venues for day trips and excursions
- Conference and Exhibitions:
- Coral Island: Promenade has Kids' Adventure Playground,
latest Amusements and Games, Super Prize Bingo, Astrojet, Parrot Flyer Monorail,
Flagship Showbar, Sunset Fun Bar, Fast Food Dinner and QUASER - serious fun
with a laser gun.
- Cricket: Northern League and first class fixtures.
- Dancing: Ballroom, modern and sequence dancing.
- Fishing: Sea angling from sea wall.
Fresh
water fishing at Stanley Park lake in season (day ticket required).
- Football: Association at Bloomfield Road.
- Go Karts: Starr Gate and Waterloo Road.
- Golf: Three 18 hole (one municipal), one nine hole and two
Driving Ranges. More info available on request
- Greyhound Racing: Three times per week. Princess Street
Stadium (during season).
- Ice Skating: Pleasure Beach arena.
- Illuminations: The Greatest
Free Show on Earth! - Five miles of spectacular lights and tableaux - annually
early
September to early November.
- Information Centres: 1 Clifton St Tel: 01253 621623.
Promenade Tel: 01253 621623. 87a Coronation St Tel: 01253 621891. Blackpool
Airport, Squires Gate Tel: 01253 343434. Pleasure Beach Tel: 01253 403223.
- Keep Fit: 'Physiques' at Lido Pool, Lytham Road. Trim trails
at Stanley Park and Anchorsholme. Many other private clubs.
- Library: Central library, Queens St with music, video and
reference sections. Branch libraries offer special visitor service.
- Model village: A suburb countryside in miniature situated on
East Park Drive within Stanley Park (opposite Blackpool Zoo Park). Open during
season. - They had a fire there last week - you could see the flames from 3 feet!
- Night Spots: Over 34 discos, cabaret lounges and fun pubs.
- North Shore Boating Pool: Boats, Children's rides, LIFT.
- Overseas Tourists: Always welcome. Multi-language
brochures available at Tourist Information Centres.
- Parking: No meters. Many car parks within easy reach of town
centre with a capacity of 10405 cars. New link road from M55 to central car park.
- Piers: Three - North,
Central and South.
- Pleasure Beach: Britain's
number one attraction. Forty acres of fun and thrill rides. Plus spectacular ice
show
and superb sparkling floor show during the season. Ocean boulevard leisure
shopping.
- Population: 143,100 (Mid 1989 estimate).
- Promenade: Seven miles.
- Putting Greens: Eight putting, one pitch and putt
(Anchorsholme) and five crazy golf.
- Radio Lancashire: BBC - "The Voice of the County" on 855
khz, 351 metres MW, 95.5 VHF, 103.9 VHF/FM, 1557 khz MW, 104.5 VHF.
- Radio Wave Blackpool: FM 6.5 MHz.
- Red Rose Independent Radio: 24 hour service on two
frequencies. Red Rose Gold AM 301 meters/999 khz. Red Rose Rock FM 97.4 MHz.
- Railway: North, South, Squires Gate, Layton and Pleasure
Beach stations.
- Riding: Two horse riding schools
- Sandcastle Leisure
Complex: Opposite Pleasure Beach. The inside seaside at 84 degrees
F.
Four slides, three pools, one with waves, children's play area, Treasure Island,
high
rise adventure trail, dry area with bars, pool hall and restaurants, CRYSTAL
MAZE.
- Sea Life Centre: Golden
mile, largest shark display in Europe. Open all year.
- Shopping: Major retail
stores, Hounds Hill Shopping Centre and Tower Shopping Centre in the town centre
house exiting undercover shops. Throughout the town smaller shopping areas offer
great value from Waterloo Road and Ocean Boulevard in the South to Red Bank Road
in Bispham.
- Stanley Park: 256 acres of
formal gardens, conservatories, band stand, lake, new all-weather football and
hockey
pitches, all-weather running area and trim trail, golf course, putting greens,
bowls,
tennis and crazy golf.
- Swimming: Indoor swimming at Lido Pool, Moor Park and the
Sandcastle. Several hotels and self catering units have swimming pools.
- Tennis: Fifty four grass and hard courts. One indoor.
- Ten Pin Bowling: Superbowl - popular ten pin bowling alley
open north of the Tower with 30 computerised lanes, restaurants, fast food
outlet,
bars and games room. Premier Bowl, Central Drive - 36 computerised lanes.
- Theatres: Ten live
stage shows during season
- Tide: Half mile ebb twice daily.
- The Tower: This multi-
million pound theme park consists of new exciting feature - The Dawn of Time - an
animatronic ride, high-tech Show in the Circus, new express Tower Top lifts, new
food court, all this plus "Jungle Jims", the Tower Ballroom and Undersea World,
all
included in the one price admission.
- Trams Britain's first, and for many years the only remaining
public service tramway. 11.2 miles of track from Starr Gate to Fleetwood. Total
fleet
strength: 80.
- Winter Gardens: 4.5 acres
of entertainment and conference facilities which consist of Empress Ballroom,
Arena,
Pavillion Piazza and restaurant, Spanish and Baronial Halls, Opera House,
Victoria
Bar and Galleon Bar. During season Professor Peabody's Playplace a children's
indoor
adventure playground.
- Waxworks: Louis Tussauds
Waxworks. Central Promenade near Central Pier. Hundreds of exhibits constantly
updated. Anatomical Exhibition (adults only), open April to November, seven days
a
week, also Winter Weekends.
- Zoo: The World of Animals,
East Park Drive opposite Stanley Park. Open daily from 10:00am except Christmas
Day. Bus services No. 21 from Adelaide Street during season.
For more information, please contact:
Tourism Services Department
1 Clifton Street
Blackpool
FY1 1LY
Tel: 01253 625212 or 621623
Fax: 01253 626368