Blackpool in General

This review isn't so much about all the various attractions at Blackpool (although I will be mentioning them), I'm going to talk about the 2 sides to Blackpool; the family friendly side and the altogether more sleazy side. I have mixed feelings about Blackpool, part of me is filled with fun loving memories of family holidays in Blackpool when I was younger, the other part knows how sleazy it has become, a town where booze and sex are seeping out the door ways of every pub, bar and nightclub you come across. When I was younger my family didn't have much money and Blackpool was a fairly cheap, fun holiday. The weather wasn't always great but there ...  Read the complete review

I was madly jealous of my friend who got to go to Blackpool every summer when we were kids. I was invited to go to Blackpool more than once as an adult but the seedy image of a holiday resort full of beer swilling Brits wearing Kiss Me Quick hats while they rode donkeys along the beach put me off. I made my first visit for a day in 2008 when we visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the distance meaning it is a four hour drive from central Scotland and we were able to travel there and back in one day. Blackpool was not nearly as seedy as I thought it would be so we ended up booking a short family break in 2009 so we could explore the town more fully. There is a ...  Read the complete review

When I was younger every year my parents would take me and my brother to Blackpool on holiday, and now I have children my parents now take them on short breaks to Blackpool. I don't know why my parents love Blackpool so much but I have been that many times I am a bit sick of it. I would go again for a daytrip or maybe a weekend but I wouldn't dream of going there on holiday. Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire and is about 90 miles from where I live, I'm sure most people will of heard of Blackpool before. There are two main things associated with Blackpool, one is the tower, Blackpool tower always used to remind me of a smaller version of eiffel ...  Read the complete review

As I mentioned in my other reviews about Blackpool, I have been going there since I was 5, and it is like my second home. There are always a lot of mixed opinions about Blackpool, some people say that it is a dirty place, and there really isn't any thing appealing about it, but for me that's not true. There have been a lot of changes that have happened there over the years, to make it a more fun place for all ages to enjoy. One of the biggest things that they have done lately is to change the appearance of the sea front. There are two reasons behind this, one which is really the most important one, is that it is used as a new flood defence. They have change ...  Read the complete review

Blackpool, everyone has an opinion, almost everyone has been, some love it some hate it so whats the story. Arriving in the town and parking in one of the many parking areas the first thing that will strike you is the massive Tower, the trade mark of the town and the identity of the place, it sits like a king watching its loyal subjects. Immediately you will be immersed in the hussle and bussle, the streets never empty, its a true twentyfour hour town, from the street vendors selling or the takeaway caravans to the famous fortune tellers and the small trinket shops on central drive. Hotels, Guesthouses and flats are plentyful and cheap and you'l get ...  Read the complete review