Blackpool-Resort

[Tuerto]

My youngest daughter is into roller coasters and wants to try the one in Blackpool. I've never stayed in Blackpool, but what's it like in the evening for families, just doing the basic things like strolling about and getting some food?

I've heard some horror stories about drunkenness and loutish behaviour (although i can deal with that in small doses) but would any of you lot take your missus and kid up for a weekend? we're not drinking orientated, just like a walk, browse and a bit of food. Thoughts appreciated.

[BLUETIT]

Each to their own, but I wouldn’t stay there if it was free !!!!!

[Tuerto]

Each to their own, but I wouldn’t stay there if it was free !!!!!

Really-that bad? Suppose i could travel in during the day and stay somewhere else overnight.

[Fatty Foggon]

St Annes is a better place to stay just south on the Lytham Rd.

[Tuerto]

St Annes is a better place to stay just south on the Lytham Rd.

Cheers mate, will check it out

[Dave Blue]

I’m judging from a long time ago but I would certainly never go back.

[Armitage Shanks]

Blackpool is marmite.
There are some really nice guest houses but there are some real shitholes as well.
Have a look at the top 10 trip advisor ones.
The nicer b and bs tend to be away from the front

[Tuerto]

Blackpool is marmite.
There are some really nice guest houses but there are some real shitholes as well.
Have a look at the top 10 trip advisor ones.
The nicer b and bs tend to be away from the front

Cheers. We could go really boring and get a Travelodge. My biggest concern is pissed up behaviour in the evenings. Like i said, it's just to take my daughter up for the Fair ground etc, but while we're there it would be nice to take a stroll and look about the place, or maybe not judging by some of the replies

[ccfcwelshlad]

Cheers. We could go really boring and get a Travelodge. My biggest concern is pissed up behaviour in the evenings. Like i said, it's just to take my daughter up for the Fair ground etc, but while we're there it would be nice to take a stroll and look about the place, or maybe not judging by some of the replies

I'm sure you'd be fine tbh. Try going midweek if you're concerned.

[Tuerto]

I'm sure you'd be fine tbh. Try going midweek if you're concerned.

Sounds like good advice, thanks mate. It's not me so much, it's my daughter. I've kept them a bit to protected (still doing it by the looks of this thread) maybe i'm over thinking it

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Cheers. We could go really boring and get a Travelodge. My biggest concern is pissed up behaviour in the evenings. Like i said, it's just to take my daughter up for the Fair ground etc, but while we're there it would be nice to take a stroll and look about the place, or maybe not judging by some of the replies

Can't you come off the sauce for a couple of days?

[RonnieBird]

Used to be great years ago.
We went every year when I was a kid - damp sheets in the b&b , candy floss and kiss me quick hats.
A Show at the end of the pier and maybe the chance to see Sir Stanley Matthews play in n a Saturday.

[Tuerto]

Used to be great years ago.
We went every year when I was a kid - damp sheets in the b&b , candy floss and kiss me quick hats.
A Show at the end of the pier and maybe the chance to see Sir Stanley Matthews play in n a Saturday.

If Warnock was in charge at Blackpool, i might still have got the chance to see Sir Stanley, plying his trade out wide

[RonnieBird]

If Warnock was in charge at Blackpool, i might still have got the chance to see Sir Stanley, plying his trade out wide

I’ve told the story here before of how I travelled by train as a small kid on my own with sandwiches to see Sir Stan play in Blackpool.
Different world now - so sad.

[Tuerto]

I’ve told the story here before of how I travelled by train as a small kid on my own with sandwiches to see Sir Stan play in Blackpool.
Different world now - so sad.

I visited the old Bloomfield Rd, before it was redeveloped. Behind the goal with that steep terracing. 93 i think it was. We lost, again. I can remember a young fullback making his City debut, Ian Jones i think was the name-Merthyr lad? I don't think that we saw him again. Anyone remember him?

[stan butler]

I visited the old Bloomfield Rd, before it was redeveloped. Behind the goal with that steep terracing. 93 i think it was. We lost, again. I can remember a young fullback making his City debut, Ian Jones i think was the name-Merthyr lad? I don't think that we saw him again. Anyone remember him?

I was there that game. Ian Jones is from Aberdare i think his son Taylor Jones is a good prospect at Cardiff at the moment?

[stan butler]

My youngest daughter is into roller coasters and wants to try the one in Blackpool. I've never stayed in Blackpool, but what's it like in the evening for families, just doing the basic things like strolling about and getting some food?

I've heard some horror stories about drunkenness and loutish behaviour (although i can deal with that in small doses) but would any of you lot take your missus and kid up for a weekend? we're not drinking orientated, just like a walk, browse and a bit of food. Thoughts appreciated.

Me and the missus stopped there for a night on the way back from Fort William in 2019 we ended up staying from the thurs night until the monday because we enjoyed it.
We went for walks and a bit of a look around in the days and a drink and food in the nights.
I didn't really see any loutish behaviour or any trouble that could spoil our visit.
I'd defo go back there i think most people who spread these horror stories are the types that sit on some remote lifeless west wales beach all day peeling boiled eggs and wearing sandals and white socks

[Tuerto]

Me and the missus stopped there for a night on the way back from Fort William in 2019 we ended up staying from the thurs night until the monday because we enjoyed it.
We went for walks and a bit of a look around in the days and a drink and food in the nights.
I didn't really see any loutish behaviour or any trouble that could spoil our visit.
I'd defo go back there i think most people who spread these horror stories are the types that sit on some remote lifeless west wales beach all day peeling boiled eggs and wearing sandals and white socks

Thanks Stan, very helpful.

[Tuerto]

Can't you come off the sauce for a couple of days?

You try taking a teenager away for the weekend!

[Mr Soul '68]

My youngest daughter is into roller coasters and wants to try the one in Blackpool. I've never stayed in Blackpool, but what's it like in the evening for families, just doing the basic things like strolling about and getting some food?

I've heard some horror stories about drunkenness and loutish behaviour (although i can deal with that in small doses) but would any of you lot take your missus and kid up for a weekend? we're not drinking orientated, just like a walk, browse and a bit of food. Thoughts appreciated.

It's chav central. Took my daughter there for the evening when she was in Uni. Never again. Gang after gang of chavvies, and not just teenage chavvies either, dad chavs and grampy chav gangs too. The worst seaside resort I have visited in the UK without a shadow of doubt.

[Jimmy the Jock]

It's chav central. Took my daughter there for the evening when she was in Uni. Never again. Gang after gang of chavvies, and not just teenage chavvies either, dad chavs and grampy chav gangs too. The worst seaside resort I have visited in the UK without a shadow of doubt.

this.
Surely there are better places to take your kids?
Black pool is simply awful.

[Tuerto]

this.
Surely there are better places to take your kids?
Black pool is simply awful.

It's for the theme park, Looking like a day trip as it stands!

[fugsyphil]

Travellodge by bloomfield Road is fine and the pleasure Beach is fairly nearby in the opposite direction to the main drinking areas. I took my 2 teens who were 12 & 14 and we had a much better time than I feared.

Stick to the piers side of the road and you barely pass a pub. Cross over to the other side once you've decided if she likes it or not.

Wouldn't go often but as a one off trip for roller coasters she should be plenty happy

[Earnie's bench seat]

Aside from going there once or twice to watch the City, I went to Blackpool a few years ago on a sports tour. It was one of the worst places I've stayed in this country. Run down, boarded up shops...just not a great area with a real sense of desolation about the place. Being kind, I suppose you could say it's not what it was in its heyday, much like a lot of the classic British seaside towns. But personally speaking, I wouldn't return - but probably worth noting I'm 35 and don't have kids.

Having said that, the area around Stanley Park was actually alright, but that's about 2.5 miles away from the seafront. If you want to stay in Blackpool I'd personally avoid staying around the seafront for the reasons I've mentioned above.

I've not been there but as others have said here, from what I understand Lytham St Annes, just down the road, is a far nicer place.

[Tuerto]

It's chav central. Took my daughter there for the evening when she was in Uni. Never again. Gang after gang of chavvies, and not just teenage chavvies either, dad chavs and grampy chav gangs too. The worst seaside resort I have visited in the UK without a shadow of doubt.

Grampy chav gangs just made me spit out my coffee with laughter. Absolute quality!