The perfect Blackpool weekend
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The perfect Blackpool weekend

A tested Friday-to-Sunday plan: seafront, a show, the sands and somewhere good to eat.

Friday

  • Late afternoon — check in, drop the bags, walk out onto North Pier while the light goes.
  • Evening — early dinner in town, then a show at the Grand Theatre or Winter Gardens.
  • Late — the Prom is worth a walk after dark, lit or not.

Saturday

  • Morning — Tower Eye, then the Ballroom for the afternoon dancing.
  • Lunch — fish and chips on the seafront, or something calmer off the Prom.
  • Afternoon — tram south to the Pleasure Beach, or north to Bispham for cliffs and quieter sand.
  • Evening — Illuminations by tram in season; a pier bar or a comedy night otherwise.

Sunday

  • Morning — big breakfast, beach walk at low tide.
  • Midday — Comedy Carpet, a last look at the Tower, coffee on the Prom.
  • Afternoon — home, or one more hour on the sand before you go.

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