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5 best Blackpool live music bars.
Enjoy a night (or day) in a pub listening to live music? Well, if in Blackpool, you’ve come to the right place, in this BLOG we call out some of the Blackpool pubs playing live music we love to visit playing live music in Blackpool. Most of the pubs we’ve covered are small independents soContinue reading “5 best Blackpool live music bars.”
5 Best Reasons to visit Blackpool
‘Only 5’ we hear you cry… well, of course there are more than 5 reasons to visit Blackpool, but we do have a life outside of BLOG writing and to list them all could take us through to retirement….. so we think these 5 are good enough reasons on their own. 1. Beach. Probably theContinue reading “5 Best Reasons to visit Blackpool”
Buccaneer Blackpool – The number 1 best Sunday dinner in town?
(Note: this is an independent BLOG and not associated with Coral Island or paid for in anyway) In Blackpool its traditional to get ‘fish and chips’ on your holiday but everyone loves a good Sunday dinner don’t they? In this BLOG we decided to try out the Buccaneer Bar, part of the Coral Island complexContinue reading “Buccaneer Blackpool – The number 1 best Sunday dinner in town?”
5 Dog Friendly Places to eat in Blackpool.
In this BLOG we call out some of the best dog friendly places to eat at (or even just have a drink) in Blackpool town centre. It can be an effort in a town you’re not that familiar with, or if you’re a new dog owner, to know where to go with your furry fourContinue reading “5 Dog Friendly Places to eat in Blackpool.”
7 Great Pubs to Visit Whilst Holidaying in Blackpool
7 great Blackpool pubs! With summer in full swing and many of us opting to stay at home to get our dose of sun, sea and sand this year, there’s never been a better time to make the most of everywhere on the doorstep and celebrate the season with a drink in hand. Whether you’reContinue reading “7 Great Pubs to Visit Whilst Holidaying in Blackpool”
Stag and Hen pubs in Blackpool – 6 of the best!
Stag and hen pubs in recent times haven’t given Blackpool a great image, the council have made a concerted effort to discourage venues from targeting stag and hen parties to try and shake the negative image it associated with the town such as, discouraging couples and families from visiting and antagonising the local population. TheContinue reading “Stag and Hen pubs in Blackpool – 6 of the best!”
The best Blackpool Day Tripper!
What to do on a Blackpool Day Trip! Following a quick poll in the facebook group we have, we decided it might be useful to do a quick guide to a day trip to Blackpool and how you can ‘live your best life’ and get to see / experience the best things but taking intoContinue reading “The best Blackpool Day Tripper!”
Top 5 non-mainstream Blackpool things to do.
Blackpool isn’t just about the rides, the rock, the pubs and the tower, it’s an historic town in it’s own right with more than just the usual ‘roll off the tongue’ attractions to see, there a few hidden…. and not so hidden gems. In this BLOG we’d like to highlight some of the ‘non mainstream’Continue reading “Top 5 non-mainstream Blackpool things to do.”
5 Blackpool Top Tips
Be it social, be it financial be it….well…. something else, here are a few of our Blackpool top tips for a trip to Blackpool from a locals perspective…… Don’t buy anything that says ‘tourist offer’ Let’s face it, why would anyone want to exclude the permanent residents of the town in favour of the tourists?Continue reading “5 Blackpool Top Tips”
Fantastic ups and depressing downs of living in Blackpool
Having read on various social media forums questions about moving to Blackpool; what’s the best areas, what are schools like etc etc….. we thought we’d do a little BLOG on what we think are the main positives and negatives of living in Blackpool. We love Blackpool so may be a little bias but we’re alsoContinue reading “Fantastic ups and depressing downs of living in Blackpool”
5 Top ‘Couples’ Blackpool Bars.
Blackpool has oodles of ‘spit and sawdust’ type pubs stretching all the way from North Shore to South shore. In Blackpool, historically demand has been geared towards ‘cheap and cheerful’ pubs to cater for the stag and hen trade. These pubs have been more interested in volumes and keeping costs down rather than the qualityContinue reading “5 Top ‘Couples’ Blackpool Bars.”
Top 5 Blackpool karaoke bars
Come on, everyone loves Blackpool Karaoke Bars don’t they?? Even if not doing it, it can be such fun to watch the good, the bad and the down right terrible take to the stage and belt out ‘I did it my way’ ….but where in Blackpool are the best places to go to make aContinue reading “Top 5 Blackpool karaoke bars”
How to get £100s worth of great Blackpool Discounts
Holidays in Blackpool can be expensive or, as a lot of people will know from ‘bargain loving brits‘, can also be remarkable value for money! With loads of venues competing for the tourist pound during the season there are always deals to be had and discounts you can get by either just asking, planning aheadContinue reading “How to get £100s worth of great Blackpool Discounts”
5 Budget Friendly Blackpool Attractions
There’s loads to do in Blackpool, the whole town is geared towards entertainment and there are plenty of opportunities out there to free yourself of your hard earned cash, even little things add up, an afternoon in an arcade on penny pushers and donkey derby will add up quite quickly if you don’t keep anContinue reading “5 Budget Friendly Blackpool Attractions”
The Best Blackpool Town Centre Pub Run? (Talbot/Topping Street)
Blackpool Town centre has a plethora of pubs to choose from to do a pub run, with the Town Centre being fairly small, there’s loads within easy walking distance of each other and a multitude of possible pub runs you could do (hence calling out the main roads hosting the pubs for this run). ForContinue reading “The Best Blackpool Town Centre Pub Run? (Talbot/Topping Street)”
Pub crawl around South Shore Blackpool Backstreets (mainly)
Amongst other things Blackpool is famed for, it’s famed for its pubs and pub crawls! Blackpool has a massive variety, from your posh bars serving cocktails …..and clientele looking just as posh, through to your typical ‘spit and sawdust’ type bars frequented from first opening in the morning through to kicking out time at night,Continue reading “Pub crawl around South Shore Blackpool Backstreets (mainly)”
5 Top family friendly restaurants in Blackpool.
Families are becoming the mainstay of the Blackpool tourism industry and the town is catching up with the change in the town’s marketing and design efforts with more and more family friendly locations opening. In terms of eating establishments, there are loads, and we mean loads, of places a family can go to eat inContinue reading “5 Top family friendly restaurants in Blackpool.”
Top 5 things to do in Blackpool!
As a family having lived in Blackpool all our lives, we’ve experienced over the years most of the things the town has to offer, some widely known, some not so. The town has loads to offer, you could write a book on it (in fact, I bet someone already has) but if you want to ensureContinue reading “Top 5 things to do in Blackpool!”
What to do on the fantastic………. North Pier.
North, Central, South….. everyone has their favourite pier in Blackpool….. don’t they? Well, maybe not but they do form such a fundamental role in the make up of the town, everyone has an affinity towards them. Our personal favourite is the North Pier…. partly because ‘Dad’ in his younger days worked in the bar atContinue reading “What to do on the fantastic………. North Pier.”
5 Top family friendly pubs in Blackpool
Blackpool has grown to be much more family focused in recent years, where as say 10+ years ago, families with children wouldn’t be allowed in any but a select couple of pubs away from the front, (….and to be fair, even if families were allowed in, you’d probably think twice whether to go in anyway),Continue reading “5 Top family friendly pubs in Blackpool”
Things a Blackpool local wouldn’t do…… maybe 🙂
In this Blog we’ve gone a bit random and asked round a few friends what they think tourists do in Blackpool which they wouldn’t. We’re talking ‘in the main’ here, there will alway be exceptions to the rule but we think, the vast majority of people brought up as a Blackpool local, wouldn’t generally doContinue reading “Things a Blackpool local wouldn’t do…… maybe :-)”
10 installations of ‘The Great Promenade Show’
Welcome to our tour of the Great Promenade Show as of November 2020. In this article we will look to show you the installations (well, what’s left of them) along the Great Promenade Show and give you some brief views on them and a little history. We also have a VLOG covering this over onContinue reading “10 installations of ‘The Great Promenade Show’”
Blackpool when it rains! – 5 exciting things to do!
With the Great British weather we all know and ‘love’, whilst you can plan for brilliant sunshine in the summer, you should also have a ‘plan B’ up your sleeve for when that hot sunny day that was forecast, turns out to be a torrential downpour day instead! You could of course head for theContinue reading “Blackpool when it rains! – 5 exciting things to do!”
5 exciting different things to do around Blackpool
So, the phrase ‘Blackpool, more than just a front’ was the slogan the council used to advertise the town a good few years back and whilst is was more aimed at bringing to the town more business investment, is also stands true for the tourism industry. Think of things to do around Blackpool you thinkContinue reading “5 exciting different things to do around Blackpool”