Blackpool Illuminations Reviews

Blackpool Illuminations is a yearly lights festival in Blackpool, the seaside town in the North West of England. The lights are on from late August/early September till early November (this year it is the 4th September - 8th November). On the opening night of each year, an event called 'The Big Switch On' is held, where a celebrity presses the ...  Read the complete review

We decided to go and see the illuminations this year in Blackpool. We went this year on what was the last night (2nd Nov). We started off from teh far end of South Shore and were most impressed by Beaverbrooks lights towards the Pleasure Beach. The lights were fantastic and the kids loved them. There was plenty of people ...  Read the complete review

Me and my family always try and go see the Illuminations every year, this year we visited last Thursday night, the 2nd October. I have 2 nephews, Ethan is 6 and Rowan is nearly 4. Neither of them were due to be in school the day after as it was closed because the heating had broken! So me and my big brother took this opportunity to take ...  Read the complete review

Think "Blackpool" and if you are anything like me, the first images that will come into your mind are of the Illuminations, A.K.A "the Lights". Yes, this very well known Lancashire sea side holiday town evokes other images too; kiss-me-quick hats, candyfloss, the chilling "Big One" at the Pleasure Beach and probably ...  Read the complete review

We went to Blackpool in August and were there for the switch on of this year's illuminations. The illuminations are always along Blackpool's "Golden Mile", basically the main promenade road through main Blackpool. This year's main theme was under the sea and McDonalds. The big switch on was on Friday 2nd ...  Read the complete review

I totally agree with Bumb1e - Blackpool is a nightmare. The only good thing about the place is walking on the sands at the far end of the beach towards Lytham. The lights do draw loads of visitors to the town, but what type of visitors? They always seem to be drunk, loud-mouthed and usually f.....ing and blinding in front of children. ...  Read the complete review

When I first moved to Blackpool, as I lived there for three years, I thought it might be a nice idea to go and see the famous illuminations. When I got to the promenade I expected to see a fairly attractive sea front, maybe a bit like Brighton, or Portsmouth. But what I found was a rather ugly looking, very run down row of cheap shops, mostly ...  Read the complete review

I wrote about Blackpool Illuminations in one of my Business Studies A Level exams – it was the “ultimate example” of extending the market (or, in this case, season) by getting tourists to come not only in summer but up until November too, and is supposedly one of only a few tourist resorts worldwide that manage it. ...  Read the complete review

I didn’t get to see Blackpool Illuminations until I was in my twenties. It was something that my parents had never been particularly bothered about, so I never got to go either, although I spent many happy summer holidays at Blackpool during my childhood. I have been every year since I Dave and I got together, in fact a day trip to ...  Read the complete review

Blackpool, what a place. we went to see the lights. Now I was going to tell you how rubbish they were but since i've talked to other people i've found out that i missed half of them. You'd think that the signs would be a lot better than they were, we followed then and found ourselves about 200 yards from the tower, ...  Read the complete review

I live about 5 minuites from the promanade in Blackpool and we see the illuminations quite regulary. I have to say that this year they are of exceptional standard as usual. The council are now proposing to move the illuminations to Stanley Park and make people pay to see them,but personally I think this will be a really bad move. ...  Read the complete review