Blackpool is a seaside resort town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name. The population of Blackpool at the 2021 census was 141,000, a decrease of 1,100 in ten years.
Image: Blackpool tower and illuminations
Image: Blackpool Town Hall (geograph 7192968)
Image: Blackpool Tower behind the Albert and the Lion (geograph 6215321)
Image: False frontages to rollercoaster, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool geograph.org.uk 4664907
A seaside resort is a city, town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, such as in the German Seebad. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.
Brighton, The Front and the Chain Pier Seen in the Distance, an early 19th century watercolour painting of Brighton, a seaside resort in East Sussex, England
Barcola in Northeast Italy, a holiday seaside resort historically and currently
A c. 1841 illustration Heiligendamm in Mecklenburg, Germany, established in 1793, the oldest seaside resort in continental Europe
The Blackpool promenade in Lancashire, England, c. 1898
