hkskyline's 2026 in BLACKPOOL

[hkskyline]

Located on the Irish Sea coast, Blackpool became a fashionable seaside resort during Victorian times. Back then, sea water was believed to have health-improving properties and when the rail connection arrived in 1846, working class families from Lancashire's industrial towns could easily reach here for their vacations. By the 1920s and 30s, Blackpool was the country's most popular resort.

However, Blackpool suffered a major blow when the package holiday era arrived, followed by low-cost airlines that would bring British families to southern Europe on the cheap.

Nevertheless, they're trying to get tourism back on its feet with illuminations and there is a huge theme park that still attracts crowds.

Blackpool has a long stretch of beach along the Irish Sea and having arrived fairly early in the morning, the waterfront was deserted.









































More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/blackpool.htm

[ColDayMan]

I adore Blackpool so thank you.

[hkskyline]

There is a long waterfront promenade with 3 piers, which have arcades and amusement rides on top today. The first one, North Pier, opened in 1863 and eventually marketed itself for the "better classes" with music performances for a charge as a second competitor pier opened later.











Immensely popular, the government decided to build a second pier in 1866, which opened 2 years later. The entertainment here catered to the masses with open-air dancing and games. Dubbed the "people's pier", Blackpool was trying to close in on Brighton as a major resort, although during by the early 1870s, Blackpool only had less than a tenth of Brighton's population.





































More photos on my website : https://www.globalphotos.org/blackpool.htm