Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. When it opened, Blackpool Tower was the tallest man made structure in the British Empire. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it is 518 feet tall and is the 125th-tallest freestanding tower in the world. Blackpool Tower is also the common name for the Tower Buildings, an entertainment complex in a red-brick three-storey block that comprises the tower, Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom, and roof gardens, which was designated a Grade I listed building in 1973.
Looking northeast
Blackpool Tower's first circus programme
The Tower and Illuminations
A couple dance on the floor of the Tower Ballroom
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
