Just down the road from Blackpool
I live in a small town just down the road from Blackpool. When I first moved here the image of Blackpool I had assured me that I would never visit it, but over the years I have gradually mellowed and now find that like almost everywhere Blackpool has a plus side, for example:
- Its regenerated promenade is a great place for a walk, and even better for scooters and cycling
- It has a wonderful beach, very clean and with lots of undulations that capture the water and make it great for beach games
- To the east of Blackpool the beach is effectively deserted
- The centre of Blackpool has a good selection of bookshops and some pretty good places to eat
- The central promenade is undergoing a £60M regeneration which is really interesting to watch if you like large scale civil engineering projects
- When the promenade is full regenerated it promises to look really good
- I can walk from where I live to the centre of Blackpool along the beach and it takes about 3 hours for the round trip
- You can have some great fun in the amusement arcades, and there are loads of games for kids (and adults) of all ages if you don’t like to gamble
- It has some good events (the picture is of some of the kids watching a carnival
- It has some great firework displays
- It looks better at night
