Blackpool tourist and travel information

Blackpool Travel Information

Travel Information Blackpool is the UK premier seaside resort with its "Golden Mile"of piers, fortune-tellers, amusement arcades, tram and donkey rides, fish and chip shops, candyfloss stalls, fun pubs and bingo halls.

TRAVELLINE at www.traveline.org.uk

bus and coach travel

Coaches Blackpool - Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0870 608 2 608.

www.stagecoachbus.com

M 55 Motorway

Roads Blackpool - Travel by road - Blackpool is about 2 miles west of Junction 4 of the M 55 Motorway. The M 55 Motorway links the M6 (Preston) to Blackpool. Blackpool is about 18 miles from Preston.

M 55 Motorway

Travel by train

Rail Blackpool - Travel by train - Blackpool North Station, Talbot Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 2AB. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Wheelchairs available. Taxi rank.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Burlington Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1NY.

Blackpool South Station, Waterloo Road, South Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2FA.

Northern Rail. Main regions: North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humberside. Tel: 0845 00 00 125. www.northernrail.org

www.nationalrail.co.uk www.nationalrail.co.uk

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Airport Blackpool International Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool, FY4 2QY. Tel: 08700 273 777. Relax in our open plan Departure Lounge with seating for up to 600 passengers, tax and duty free shopping, restaurant and bar. The airport is located at the end of the M55 which links up with the M6, and onwards to the M61, M65. The airport is just minutes from Blackpool town centre.

www.blackpool

international.com

Blackpool Tourist Information

Sport

Sport Blackpool - Sport - Blackpool FC, Bloomfield Road, Seasiders Way, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 6JJ. Tel: 0870-443-1953. ICE SKATING. Ocean Boulevard, Blackpool, Lancs, FY4 1EZ. Tel: 01253 341707.

Blackpool FC

Shopping

Stores Blackpool - Shopping - Marks & Spencer, 49 Church Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1HT. Tel: 01253 623831. Cleveleys Simply Food - 96 Victoria Road West, Cleveleys, FY5 1AG. Cleveleys is to the north of Blackpool. British Home Store Blackpool - 26-32 Church Street, Lancashire, FY1 1EP. Tel: 0845 8410140.

Town Centre Shopping

Entertainment

Entertainment Blackpool - Entertainment and attractions - The major event is Blackpool's Pleasure Beach on the South Promenade, billed as "Britain's biggest tourist attraction" with over 7 million annual visitors. Between the Central and North piers stands the 518ft Blackpool Tower, the North-West's own Eiffel Tower, built in May 1894, which offers rides to the top and a visit to the Edwardian ballroom.

Entertainment

Other information Blackpool - Other information - There are 7 miles of wide sandy beach backed by a chain of hotels and guest houses.

BLACKPOOL ACCOMMODATION

ACCOMMODATION

Blackpool hotels

ACCOMMODATION

Guest house bed and breakfast in Blackpool

Self catering accommodation in Blackpool

For hotels in other areas near to Blackpool see Lancaster hotels Lytham St Annes hotels & Preston hotels. For bed and breakfast in other areas near to Blackpool see bed and breakfast in Lytham St Annes. For self catering accommodation in other areas near to Blackpool see S/C accommodation in Carnforth.

Lancashire Map and Attractions

Preston is 222 miles from London. It is 51 miles from Carnforth to Ormskirk and 49 miles from Blackpool to Colne.

Ferries Ferries indicated are Fleetwood and Heysham.

Airports Airport indicated is Blackpool.

Roads Blackpool is about 2 miles west of Junction 4 of the M55 Motorway.

Lancashire map

Attractions Attractions (see details below)

Rail Stations Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There is a station in Blackpool.
Attraction 1 - Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willows WA12 0HQ. Tel: 01942 402624. haydock-park.co.uk.
Attraction 2 - Wigan Pier, Wallgate, Wigan, WN3 4EU. Tel: 01942 323666.
Attraction 3 - Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. Tel: 0870 444 5566. blackpoolpleasurebeach.com.
Attraction 4 - Whalley Abbey, The Sands, Whalley, Clitheroe BB7 9SS - Tel: 01254 828400. whalleyabbey.co.uk.
Attraction 5 - Martin Mere Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Burscough, Ormskirk. Tel: 01704 89518.
Attraction 6 - Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Rd, Samlesbury, Preston PR5 OUP. Tel: 01254 812010

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