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Historic places in Blackpool

8 historic buildings, sites and memorials in Blackpool.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Blackpool Tower, Blackpool
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Historic places in Blackpool

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    Blackpool Tower

    A Victorian tribute-act to the Eiffel Tower, 518 ft (158 m) high, part of a big leisure complex. The main attractions (many closed in winter) are: the Ballroom, ornately decorated, where the Wurlitzer tootles as you dance or sip tea; the Circus; the Dungeon theme-ride; Jungle Jim's children's indoor adventure play area; Dino's indoor mini-golf; and finally the observation deck at the top of the tower, now called Blackpool Tower Eye reached by glass elevator. Various combi tickets online (cheaper than at the door): the Eye is £15.

    Daily from 10:00Wheelchair accessible

  2. Do

    Blackpool Illuminations

    A lights and laser show stretching for 6 mi along the Prom, from Starr Gate in the south to Bispham in the north. The Lights, founded in 1879, are usually on from the end of Aug to early Jan, with a celebrity switch-on. (In 1977 they were switched on by the racehorse Red Rum.) You can walk or drive the route (south to north is recommended for driving, suggested donation £5 per car) or take a tram, which sounds cool but the view from within the trams is limited.

  3. SeeAttraction

    Blackpool Model Village

    East Park Drive

  4. SeeMemorial

    War Memorial

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    Comedy Carpet

    Tower Festival Headland, Promenade

  6. DoPark

    Gynn Flagstaff Gardens

    GYNN FLAGSTAFF GARDENS

  7. SeeHistoric building

    Blackpool United Hebrew Synagogue

    Leamington Road

    Built 1916

  8. SeeHistoric building

    Cocker Memorial Clock

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Blackpool (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps.