Blackpool Hotels in St Chad's Road

Blackpool Hotels in St Chad's Road

Hotels in St Chad's Road, are often required by people who need accommodation in the area. Some want this specific road as they may want specific hotels or to see a specific area of Blackpool. Some want accommodation in the area so they can enjoy the town of Blackpool or so they can see the region. Some want to see the nightlife, the piers, the beach, the tower, the entertainment, sports and cultural events of the city.

Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it is a settlement in North West England. It lies 64 kilometres north west of the city of Manchester

A 12,000 year old animal skeleton (the Carelton Elk) found with barbed arrowheads near Blackpool Sixth Form College (did it have school blazer?) in 1970 provided the first evidence of humans living on the Fylde as far back as the Palaeolithic era. The human evidence was that it was found with sun glasses and a stick of rock saying Blackpool. The Fylde was also home to a British tribe, the Setantii (the "dwellers in the water") a sub tribe of the Brigantes, who from about AD80 were controlled by Romans from their fort at Dowbridge, Kirkham. During the Roman occupation the area was covered by oak forests and bog land.

The most significant event in the early growth of the town occurred in 1846, with the completion of a branch line to Blackpool from the main Preston and Wyre Joint Railway line from Preston to Fleetwood. Fleetwood declined as a resort, as its founder and principal financial backer, Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood went bankrupt. In contrast, Blackpool boomed. A sudden influx of visitors provided the motivation for entrepreneurs to build accommodations and create new attractions, leading to more visitors and a rapid cycle of growth throughout the 1850s and 1860s. In 1851 a Board of Health was formed. Gas lighting was introduced in 1852, and piped water in 1864. By 1851, the town's population was over 2500.

The growth was intensified by the practice among the Lancashire cotton mill owners to close the factories for a week every year to service and repair machinery. These became known as Wakes Weeks. Each town's mills would close for a different week, allowing Blackpool to manage a steady and reliable stream of visitors over a prolonged period in the summer.

In 1863, the North Pier was completed, rapidly becoming a centre of attraction for elite visitors. Central Pier was completed in 1868, with a theatre and a large open-air dance floor. The town expanded southward beyond what is today known as the Golden Mile, towards South Shore, and South Pier was completed in 1893, making Blackpool the only town in the United Kingdom with three piers. In 1878, the Winter Gardens complex opened, incorporating ten years later the Opera House theatre, said to be the largest in Britain outside of London.

Major attractions

Blackpool Tower, North Pier, Central Pier - The middle pier, South Pier - The southernmost pier, Pleasure Beach Blackpool - a famous theme park, The Winter Gardens is a large entertainment and conference venue in the town centre.

Other attractions have included

Beach - Stretching along the whole seafront. The main natural attraction for tourists, Blackpool Zoo , Grand Theatre, Great Promenade Show , Louis Tussaud's Waxworks , Doctor Who Exhibition The Biggest Doctor, Sandcastle Water Park (changed name to as Waterworld), Stanley Park

Areas, districts and estates

Anchorsholme, Bispham, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Churchtown, Claremont, Common Edge, Devonshire, Grange Park, Great Marton, Great Marton Moss, Great Marton Moss Side, Hawes Side, Highfurlong, Hoohill, Layton, Little Bispham, Little Carleton, Little Marton Moss Side, Little Norbreck, Marton, Marton Fold, Mereside, Moor Park, Norbreck, North Shore, Palatine, Queenstown, Revoe, South Shore , Squires Gate, Stanley Park, Walker's Hill, Warbreck, Waterloo, Whiteholme

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