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Blackpool's High Tide Organ viewed from its side Audio recording of the High Tide Organ. The High Tide Organ was a tidal organ 15 metres (49 ft 3 in) tall constructed in 2002 as part of "The Great Promenade Show" series of sculptures situated along Blackpool's New Promenade [1] in the UK. It was removed in early 2022.
Pleasure Beach is situated on a 42-acre (170,000 m 2) site along the South Promenade (Ocean Boulevard) area of Blackpool, approximately 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (3.6 km) from Blackpool North Railway Station. It is bordered by the Promenade, Balmoral Road, Bond Street, Burlington Road West and Clifton Drive, and is situated above Watson Road, which is ...
One of the Golden Mile's key features until the 1960s would become sideshows. [3] In 1889 The Gazette wrote: “If the front land is covered with howling cheap-jacks, swindling catchpenny trickeries etc., while the shops behind are let for two-headed giantesses, fat women, penny-in-the-slot indecencies etc., then what a disreputable pandemonium will Central Beach eventually become!” [1]
North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England.Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although originally intended only as a promenade, competition forced the pier to widen its attractions to include theatres and bars.
The principal local radio station is Central Radio North West - across The Fylde, Leyland and Chorley areas of Lancashire, news, talk, and music. The former local radio station Radio Wave, was based on Mowbray Drive in Blackpool. This radio station closed and last aired on 20 August 2020.
There is also a stretch in Blackpool from Rigby Road Depot to the Promenade along Hopton Road and Lytham Road used for trams entering and leaving service only. A short stretch on the Promenade in Blackpool behind the Metropole Hotel was previously in this form, but was converted to reserved track during the 2011/12 tramway upgrade.
Central Pier, Blackpool (Feb. 2006) (South Pier is in distance) The pier is central in that it is located between the other two, but it was close to the site of the now-defunct Blackpool Central railway station about 550 yards south of Blackpool Tower. Since the coastline is very straight and flat, the pier simply extends at right angles to the ...
The Syndicate was a superclub and music venue in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was the largest nightclub in North West England , and claimed to be the largest nightclub in the United Kingdom. The club opened in December 2002 and had at the time of closing, three levels of floor space, three segmented rooms, and a VIP floor.