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The Comedy Carpet

FreePromenade

A 2,200 square metre artwork of jokes and catchphrases at the foot of the Tower.

Free, open all hours, and genuinely worth twenty minutes. Best read on a dry day.

Getting here from our hotels

Measured from each hotel's front door.

Also worth your time

The 158-metre landmark with the Tower Eye, Ballroom, Circus and Dungeon under one roof.

The UK's best-known amusement park, home to the Big One and the wooden Grand National.

Six miles of lights along the Promenade, running from late summer into the new year.

A vast Victorian entertainment complex hosting concerts, comedy, conferences and the Empress Ballroom.

The UK's largest indoor waterpark, opposite the Pleasure Beach.

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