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Blackpool is an amazingly popular seaside resort on the English North West coast, which remains amazingly popular with tourists traveling from the close by towns which include Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington and more. The resort is also fanatically popular with folk from Scotland who turn up in large groups in a similar way to the groups of factory workers of old on their company day out. Sometimes it would appear that the seaside town is nothing but hotel accommodation and tourist attractions and although there is a great deal of Blackpool bed & breakfasts it is still best to book ahead to be safe. Accommodation varies from the cheap and chearful to first class. Many are on the sea front but, if you would rather stay somewhere far less lively you will find a few further inland.

Blackpool first started getting tourists in the 18th century who came to indulge in  the new fashion of sea bathing. With the advent of the railway, from 1846 onwards, the resort witnessed more and more visitors arriving to”take the cure” as sea bathing was called then. Today visitors can get to Blackpool by railway, air or automobile arriving there much faster than the early Victorians who could take up to 2 days from Manchester.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

The primary attraction in the resort of Blackpool, in Lancashire, which receives roughly 7 million customers a year, is Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The Pleasure Beach is a static funfair with mind blowing big rides, just a few are Valhalla, the Big One, Ice Blast, Grand National, Wild Mouse and Zipper Dipper, and including many, many more food booths, sideshows, thrill rides, sidestalls and games. The most recent thrill ride is Infusion, the world’s first to feature a suspended looping coaster completely over water.

 Please remember: If you are visiting as a family group it is possible to make considerable savings by buying an unlimited ride wristband especially if you will be going on as many rides as you can handle as the individual cost of each ride soon starts to add up.

Getting To Blackpool And Accommodation 

Blackpool is, as said earlier, very easy to get to nowadays as it is possible to get to the town by rail, air or rail. Traveling by rail you will, more than likely, be arriving at Blackpool’s main station, which is called Blackpool North on Talbot Road. Not that fat away, just a little distance down Talbot Road is situated the main bus station. The other Blackpool train station, Blackpool South, is at Waterloo Road, South Promenade, which is far closer to the Pleasure Beach. Blackpool International Airport is located roughly 2 miles from the center of town and was called, Blackpool Squires Gate Airport, one of Great Britains oldest airports.

Bed and breakfast accommodation in Blackpool is usually priced low. Rooms are often cheaper in the off season but not so cheap at weekends. Blackpool hotels are at their most expensive while the Illuminations are on, which is really the resort’s peak season.

A useful tip: Some guest houses and hotels can be extremely busy and rather noisy especially those near to Central and North Pier. If you would rather in a quieter location try booking a place beyond the North Pier.