Blackpool is an incredibly popular seaside resort built on the English North West coast, which is immensely popular with tourists coming from the nearby cities which include Warrington, Manchester, Liverpool and more. The town is also deeply popular with visitors from Scotland who appear in large numbers in a similar fashion to the groups of factory workers of old on their company vacation. Occasionally it seems as though the town is nothing but hotels and visitor attractions and although there is an incredibly amount of bed and breakfasts in Blackpool it is still best to book in advance to be safe. Hotels varies from the cheap and chearful to 5 star. Many are on the sea front but, if you would rather stay something more relaxing you will find a few in the suburbs.

Blackpool first started getting visitors in the 18th century who arrived to enjoy the new practice of sea bathing. When the railway arrived, from 1846, the town saw more and more visitors arriving to”take the cure” as sea bathing was called then. These days folk can travel to Blackpool by plane, railway or automobile arriving there much faster than the early Victorian factory workers who would travel for up to 2 days from as nearby as Manchester.

The Blackpool Pleasure Beach

The most popular attraction in the seaside town of Blackpool, in Lancashire, England, which entices about 7 million customers every twelve months, is Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The Pleasure Beach is large funfair with fear inducing big rides, just a few are Grand National, the Big One, Ice Blast, Valhalla, Zipper Dipper and Wild Mouse, and including many more children’s rides, roller coasters, thrill rides, sideshows, sidestalls and games. The most recently added ride is Infusion, the world’s first to be a coaster of suspended loops all of it over water.

 A handy tip to remember: If you are visiting the Pleasure Beach as a group or family it is possible to make considerable savings by purchasing an unlimited ride wristband especially if you will going on every ride because the individual cost of each ride soon amounts to a lot.

How To Get To Blackpool And B&B Accommodation 

As mentioned earlier, Blackpool is very easy to get to nowadays as you are able to travel to the resort by road, railway or air. If arriving by railway you will, most probably, be arriving at Blackpool’s main rail station, which is called Blackpool North on Talbot Road. A few minutes away, just a little distance down Talbot Road is Blackpool National Express Coach Station, Blackpool’s main coach station. The other rail station, Blackpool South, is at Waterloo Road, South Promenade, which is much closer to the Pleasure Beach. Blackpool’s airport is located approximately 2 miles from the center of town and was previously called, Blackpool Squires Gate Airport, one of the UK’s oldest airports.

Bed and breakfast in Blackpool is often available cheaply. Accommodation is less expensive out of season and not such a bargain on Saturdays and Sundays. Blackpool hotels are at their most expensive while the Illuminations are on, which is really the town#s peak season.

Please remember: Some B & B’s can be busy and noisy especially those found between Central Pier and North Pier. If you require in a less busy local try booking a place past the North Pier.