Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside 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. Wikipedia
Population 139,305 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 59 of daylight
- February: 9 h 48 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 14 h of daylight
- May: 15 h 56 of daylight
- June: 17 h 04 of daylight
- July: 16 h 36 of daylight
- August: 14 h 53 of daylight
- September: 12 h 45 of daylight
- October: 10 h 38 of daylight
- November: 8 h 36 of daylight
- December: 7 h 27 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Blackpool
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Blackpool's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 8
2 to 3 hours· 12
- Chester2h 03
- Runcorn2h 08
- Annan2h 17
- Nelson2h 27
- Leeds2h 29
- Huddersfield2h 29
- Sheffield2h 34
- Altrincham2h 35
- Wrexham2h 38
- Shrewsbury2h 48
2 moreFewer
3 to 5 hours· 60
- Derby3h 08
- Birmingham3h 09
- Leicester3h 13
- London3h 14
- Doncaster3h 14
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 19
- Ludlow3h 19
- Glasgow3h 20
- Milton Keynes3h 23
- Llandudno3h 25
50 moreFewer
- Nottingham3h 32
- Edinburgh3h 34
- Coventry3h 40
- Durham3h 40
- St Albans3h 43
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 47
- Stirling3h 49
- Lanark3h 49
- Cheltenham3h 53
- Sunderland3h 54
- Northampton3h 57
- Reading3h 57
- Stamford3h 57
- Lincoln4h
- Stevenage4h
- Kingston upon Hull4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Worcester4h 04
- Guildford4h 04
- Peterborough4h 05
- Greenock4h 07
- Chelmsford4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Gloucester4h 14
- Cambridge4h 15
- Helensburgh4h 15
- Farnborough4h 16
- Windsor and Eton4h 18
- Kirkcaldy4h 19
- Southend-on-Sea4h 25
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 27
- Brighton4h 29
- Swindon4h 29
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 32
- Winchester4h 33
- Bristol4h 34
- Canterbury4h 36
- Perth4h 38
- Colchester4h 39
- Oxford4h 40
- Ely4h 40
- Eastleigh4h 43
- Folkestone4h 43
- Cardiff4h 46
- Southampton4h 53
- Tewkesbury4h 54
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Bath4h 57
- Portsmouth4h 57
5 hours or more· 39
- Dundee5h 02
- Arundel5h 04
- Ipswich5h 08
- Hastings5h 08
- North Berwick5h 12
- Eastbourne5h 19
- Salisbury5h 22
- Aberystwyth5h 24
- Tywyn5h 24
- Bournemouth5h 29
29 moreFewer
- Warminster5h 42
- Swansea5h 43
- Norwich5h 44
- Exeter5h 46
- Paris6h 01
- Aberdeen6h 11
- Lille6h 28
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Aviemore6h 38
- Torquay6h 40
- Versailles6h 41
- Plymouth6h 49
- Disneyland Paris6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- Brussels7h 08
- Inverness7h 17
- Oban7h 17
- Cromer7h 28
- Reims7h 30
- Kraainem7h 34
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Tenby7h 39
- Leuven7h 45
- Rouen7h 46
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Metz7h 50
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Blackpool's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 10
2 to 3 hours· 10
3 to 5 hours· 51
- Derby3h 03
- Sheffield3h 05
- Altrincham3h 05
- Wakefield3h 14
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Leicester3h 24
- Northampton3h 26
- Llandudno3h 30
- York3h 31
- London3h 35
41 moreFewer
- Nottingham3h 35
- Worcester3h 37
- Glasgow3h 38
- Gloucester3h 43
- Oxford3h 45
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Doncaster3h 49
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 49
- Kingston upon Hull3h 58
- Annan4h 03
- Edinburgh4h 05
- Bristol4h 08
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 10
- Reading4h 11
- St Albans4h 13
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Stevenage4h 15
- Cardiff4h 27
- Stirling4h 30
- Bath4h 30
- Stamford4h 30
- Scarborough4h 31
- Guildford4h 35
- Swindon4h 35
- Sunderland4h 37
- Durham4h 37
- Chelmsford4h 40
- Helensburgh4h 41
- Crawley4h 41
- Lincoln4h 42
- Lanark4h 42
- Peterborough4h 44
- Cambridge4h 45
- Farnborough4h 46
- Greenock4h 47
- Windsor and Eton4h 48
- Colchester4h 48
- Kirkcaldy4h 51
- Southend-on-Sea4h 58
- Winchester4h 58
- Brighton4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Blackpool Tower Attraction · 250 m
- Winter Gardens Attraction · 390 m
- Madame Tussauds Attraction · 240 m
- Grundy Art Gallery Gallery · 770 m
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- War Memorial Memorial · 680 m
- SEA LIFE Blackpool Aquarium · 140 m
- Blackpool Tower, Ballroom and Circus Attraction · 250 m
- Showtown Blackpool Museum · 150 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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World Fireworks Championships
October
World Fireworks Championships are hosted by Blackpool on weekends in October. View them from the central promenade
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Blackpool); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 55 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- New Bonny Coach Drop-off Facility 70 m
- Tower 170 m
- Central Pier 270 m
- North Pier 660 m
- North Pier (Heritage Stop) 470 m
- Talbot Square 580 m
Train stations: Blackpool North 1.1 km, Blackpool South 1.7 km, Layton 2.8 km, Blackpool Pleasure Beach 2.9 km, Squires Gate 4.1 km, Poulton-le-Fylde 5.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.