Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Home of the Pepsi Max Big One - tallest, fastest rollercoaster in the world plus over 150 other great rides and attractions. Beaver Creek Theme Park for children.
Spectacular Ice Show, Illusion Show, International Circus, top cabaret in the new Paradise Room. Restaurants, cafes, bars, disco, ice skating.
Pleasure Beach, the single biggest tourist attraction in Britain with six and a half million visitors a year. Try the fabulous Sandcastle and the Big Wheel. Go on to the Sea Life Centre, Louis Tussaud's, the three piers,. . . . and there's still so much more.
The Pleasure Beach is Home of the Woodies, where you will find five other classic roller coasters, including the stomach-churning Grand National, Europe's only twin track racer. There are 'steelies' too to make your stomach turn around - loop the loop in both directions on the mind-blowing Revolution, or try, if you dare, the Pepsi Max , the biggest roller-coaster in Europe. A recent white-knuckle addition to the Pleaseure Beach is the Sony Playstation - where people are shot 300 feet into the air.
But Britain's top free tourist attraction, which welcomes 6.5 million visitors a year, has something for all the family in it's 42 acres of fun. Try the enchantment of Alice in Wonderland, the razamatazz of the Greatest Show on Earth or journey back to the days of the dinosaurs during a cruise through the River Caves. The Log Flume is always a popular favourite, and now there is a junior version, Beaver Creek, taking pride of place in the kiddies' own park, Funshineland.
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool's famous landmark, the Tower, celebrated its centenary in 1994.
After a �13 million transformation, the Tower provides seven levels of fun for all the
family including the Dawn of Time, a stunning animatronic ride that takes you
through the entire history of the Earth, from dinosaurs to astronauts. The Tower
Circus too has a new face, with novel high tech performances in a traditional setting.
The Tower Ballroom remains untouched by the massive face-lift. Standing 519 feet tall, the Tower is a proud symbol of Blackpool's past and a wonderful Victorian landmark.
Blackpool Trams
Officially opened on September 29 1885, Blackpool's World famous
trams have come a long way since those early days. Stretching for
12 miles along the
Promenade, the Blackpool electric trams range from finely
restored cars from ages past to customised feature trams during the
Illuminations.
Golden Mile
This is where seaside fun overflows. The brash and bustling Golden Mile offers
seaside favourites like hamburgers, chips, ice-cream and candyfloss. A place where
silly hats and saucy T-shirts are the order of the day. The Golden Mile is also the slot
machine capital of Britain where giant leisure centres are interspersed with the latest
video technology. Discos, cabaret spots and exhibitions are all to be found on
Blackpool's famous Golden Mile. Along the latest additions to the Mile is the 6
million pound Sea Life Centre with its thrilling 'shark tunnel'. Do the Golden Mile on
foot to savour all the sights, sounds and smells. Then see it again from a tram or one
of the fleet of horse-drawn landaus!.
Piers
In England, the seaside resort is nothing without a pier. Blackpool has not one, not
two, but three magnificent piers, imaginatively upgraded and amongst the resort's finest attractions.
North Pier is famous for its theatre and top-class seasonal show, its amusements, shops,
restaurants and bars and is the resort's favourite sunbathing spot. The facade of the North Pier has been restored to its Victorian
splendour. Newly-refurbished Central Pier boasts a showbar and a superb new Big Wheel, which has proved to be a great favourite with holidaymakers. All the other attributes of a pier are also there; amusement arcades, shops and kiddies' amusements. South Pier with its famous circus marquee style
frontage also has its own theatre which is a popular attraction for the whole family.
The Beach
Back in the 18th Century Blackpool
began as a small village with a great beach - no less than seven magnificent miles of
sand. The resort grew fast in Victorian times with all its major attractions within a
stone's throw of the sands. Nowadays entertainment in all forms is Blackpool's
greatest attraction, but the beach is still a magnet for many - a place to snooze away
hot afternoons, a space for family fun and games. The sands stretch from the bustling
Central Beach with its donkeys, ice-cream and seafood stalls to the tranquil, wide-
open spaces of Bispham to the North and Squires Gate to the South.
Blackpool illuminations
Back in Victorian times, Blackpool was the first town in the country to 'go electric'. A century later, the resort's love affair with light endures. Every autumn, when other seaside resorts close down, Blackpool becomes a blaze of coloured lights with "the greatest free show on earth" - Blackpool Illuminations.
Fibre optics and computer control have brought a new dimension to Britain's biggest tourist attraction. The display stretches along Blackpool's famous seafront for over five miles transforming the Promenade into a wonderland of colour.
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