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Ice Blast Major Ride, Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Catapult up a steel tower upto speeds of 80mph!

Gentle rides for younger children around Beaver's Creek, Blackpool Pleasure Beach

The Big Wheel & Family Attractions on Central Pier Blackpool

Jungle Jim's Indoor Adventure Land, Blackpool Tower

Sandcastle Waterpark with 18 slides & longest indoor rollercoaster waterslide Masterblaster, Blackpool South Shore

Beaver Creek Ride getting ready for the splash down finale! Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Hop aboard Pleasure Beach Airlines, Flying Machines Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Ripley's Believe it or Not. Blackpool Family Attractions

Blackpool Tower Circus with Mooky the Clown

Blackpool Tower views from North Pier's traditional Carousel

Blackpool Family Attractions Blackpool Pleasure Beach Sealife Zoo Tower Waterpark

You'll need at least a week's holiday if not more in Blackpool to cram in the huge choice of family attractions here in one of the UK's top family holiday hotspots. The attractions list is endless and constantly moving with the times, catering for all age ranges of children. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is Britain's top family amusement park with cutting edge major rides and roller coasters, shows and plenty of gentler family rides for the tots. Blackpool Central and South Pier are family hotspots, particularly Central Pier with amusements and big wheel.

Sandcastle Waterpark on Blackpool Prom is the UK's biggest indoor waterpark with 18 slides and water attractions. The Blackpool Tower & Circus experience can easily fill a whole fun packed day inclusive of circus show, Jungle Jim's Indoor Adventure Land, Tower Top Trip, Aquarium and Magic Show. A cluster of great Blackpool family attractions sit just 2 miles inland around Stanley Park including Blackpool Zoo and Model Village. Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, the Sealife Centre and for fun oddities Ripley's Believe it or Not are all more firm Blackpool family favourites. Add to this Blackpool's endless sandy beach, flat level promenade, three bustling piers and a huge choice of family restaurants and family shows at Pleasure Beach, the Grand and North Pier Theatre and you have all you need for a fun packed family seaside holiday.

Featured North West Accommodation

Appleton Guest House - Blackpool

Friendly family run licensed guest house with all bedrooms en-suite located near the heart of Blackpool. Evening meals available.

£22 to £30 Per person B&B

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Pleasure Beach on South Shore consistently tops Britain's most popular attractions chart year on year. Constantly adding new exhilarating rides - Infusion is the latest - whilst retaining old favourties like the Grand National classic racing roller coaster, Blackpool Pleasure Beach guarantees a family fun packed day with something for all ages.

Major rides include the well knowns - Avalanche, the UK's only bobsled coaster reaching speeds of upto 50mph and the Big Dipper roller coaster with 5 huge drops. Major ride Infusion soars through a water experience and five loops. These are cutting edge rides offering thrills like no other amusement park in the UK.

Pleasure Beach complex caters brilliantly for families with a huge choice of gentle family rides like the classic Ghost Train, Mini Dodgems and the Veteran Carousel. Full listings and photos of all rides are to be found on the Pleasure Beach weblink right. Various options are available in terms of accessing rides and shows within the amusement park - a good move as younger tots will have preference for the coin operated rides. Entry to Pleasure Beach is Free but for major rides and shows you need to purchase a ticket/Wrist Band either online (the cheaper option) or at the site, which will give you unlimited access to rides and admission to one matinee show performance. For details and how to book checkout the Pleasure Beach webguide. A choice of restaurants, cafes and bars are on-site alongside various fast food outlets. For a Disabled Access Pleasure Beach guide tel. 0870 444 5566 or download it via the website. Toilets and baby changing facilities are on-site and 5 car parks are spread around the complex.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, 525 Ocean Boulevard, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1EZ. Enquiries Hotline open 7 days a week from 9am to 8.30pm tel. 0871 222 1234. Shows Hotline Tel. 0871 2229090. Groups Hotline Tel. 0871 222 8787.

Sandcastle Waterpark Blackpool

Come rain or shine, Blackpool's Sandcastle Waterpark on the South Shore Promenade is the ultimate UK waterpark and another of Blackpool's top family attractions. Sandcastle is actually the UK's largest indoor waterpark offering 18 slides and attractions. Open all year round, Sandcastle breaks a second record for the longest indoor rollercoaster waterslide in the world - the Masterblaster!

All age ranges are catered for across the choice of 18 slides and attractions including Sidewinder (6-8 years), Thunderfalls Waterslide (3 years plus), Masterblaster (8 years plus) and the Typhoon Lagoon pool area suitable for all swimming abilities. See full listings of all the water slides and attractions via Sandcastle's weblink right.

Snacks can be accessed whilst within the waterpark at Bongo-Bongo Burger Shack and Monkey Island is perfect for Birthday Parties and Group Parties.

Sandcastle Waterpark, South Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 1BB. Tel. 01253 343 602. Book on-line upto 3 months in advance and receive discounts. Under 2s enter free, and a selection of saver deals are available for groups and families.

Blackpool Zoo, Model Village & Stanley Park

Situated just 2 miles inland from Blackpool seafront and 10 minutes off junction 4 of the M55, Blackpool Zoo is a multi-award winner and home to over 1,500 animals across 400 species. With the highest standards of animal care and an emphasis on conservation, a number of Blackpool Zoo's animals, including two of the Asian elephants, are rescued animals.

The Zoo's range of animals include elephants, lions, gorillas, orang utans, camels, zebras, sea lions, llamas, exotic birds and rare primates who all live in naturalistic recreated environments across the 32 acre site. A huge 3 level indoor Play Barn with slides, rides, climbing walls and more is also on-site. Highlights include the 'Pride of Blackpool' African lions enclosure and the Dinosaur Safari - a prehistoric outdoor trail with huge models of dinosaurs like T-Rex and the woolly mammoths, giving children a real insight into the prehistoric world of dinosaurs.

Blackpool Zoo, East Park Drive, Blackpool, Lancashire FY3 8PP. Tel. 01253 830 830. Open daily from 10am except Christmas Day, last admission 5pm. Parking and a large family cafe is available on-site and during the summer season bus line no.20 runs daily and frequently from the Tower (bus stop in Adelaide St next to Sport City).

Near the Zoo and on the edge of popular Stanley Park sit's Blackpool Model Village and Gardens. Covering 2 1/2 acres, the award winning and charming model village and gardens are fully accessible with hard pathways and ample seating areas throughout. There are no stairs and steep slopes and the site is fully accessible to mobility impaired visitors and for both wheelchairs and power scooters. Checkout the Model Village's webguide right for scenes of some of the beautifully crafted models. A coffee shop, gift shop and parking are all on-site. Blackpool Model Village and Gardens, East Park Drive, Nr Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire FY3 9RB. Tel. 01253 763827. A visit to historic Stanley Park next to the Model Village is not to be missed during any Blackpool Holiday. Covering a mammoth 22 acres and inclusive of large lake, golf courses and extensive wildlife habitats and gardens including Italian Garden, Rose Garden and Water Features, Blackpool's famous Stanley Park first opened in 1926. Numerous events take place around the bandstand at through the summer season including a Motorcycle Show, Car Show and a selection of music events (see the Stanley Park webguide right for events listings). Recreational facilities are likewise numerous, inclusive of sports centre, golf, bowling greens Crazy Golf and boating on the lake.

Sealife Centre & Louis Tussaud's Waxworks

Blackpool's Sealife Centre just beyond the Tower along the Promenade is famed for its huge collection of tropical sharks amongst other wonders. The centre is a superb family attraction promoting too awareness of the oceans. Fifty displays contain a fine selection of marine and freshwater creatures including rays, seahorses, jellyfish and piranhas. The Touchpool display is hands-on and focuses on the marine life around the British Coastline. New attraction 'Pirates's has a sunken galleon and stunning Caribbean Reef home to tropical sharks and shoaling fish. The story of Blackbeard's sunken ship told by the old ship mate brings added entertainment for children to this display. Other areas include the Victorian Pier, Ocean Window, Kingdom of the Seahorse and Amazone. A Gift shop, Soft Play Area and Kites Cafe are all on-site.

Another Blackpool Prom unmissible day out is at Louis Tussaud's Waxworks. Hundreds of waxworks models await in themed rooms such as Hollywood, Celeb City, Corrie, Rock Factory and Horrors. Posh & Becks, Elton John, Angelina and Brad, Elvis, Madonna and the Royal Family are all here. Great fun and you can get up close to the waxworks for a photo call with your favourite star. Book online and save via the webguide link right. The Horrors room is a particular highlight with classic horror film characters accompanied by notorious murderers. Find out more via the Tussaud's weblink right. Daniel Craig as Bond is one of the latest additions. Waxworks in Blackpool has a long tradition and history dating back to the 1870s.

Sea Life Blackpool, Central Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 5AA. Tel. 01253 622445. Open daily from 10am except Christmas Day.

Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, 89 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 5AA. Tel. 01253 625953. Open daily from 10am, last admission 6pm. Keep hold of your Blackpool Tower entrance ticket and present it on entrance to Louis Tussaud's for a 50 percent discount!

Blackpool Tower, Circus & Jungle Jim's Adventure Land

The Blackpool Tower and Circus experience is an extravaganza of family fun shows and attractions. Several family treats are here, including the Aquarium which has evolved from its early roots here which predate the tower! Jungle Jim's Indoor Adventure Land is a favourite for the younger tots on holiday in Blackpool. Swings, slides and climbing sets all sit within a fun 'Lost City' world. Birthday parties are organised around three brilliant Party Galleons.

Circus and Magic Shows are daily and entrance to the Tower includes one of these shows. Mooky the Clown is on hand at the Circus, a well known Blackpool character, and the circus acts are some of the best to be found in the world - checkout the Flying Spiders from China and Emil and Emil's dangerous knife throwing act all the way from the Czech Republic. Around 30 international acclaimed circus artists make up the troop here at Blackpool Tower Circus.

Restaurant 1894 and for lighter snacks the Tower Coffee Company are on-site and of course the spectacular Tower Ballroom with daily playings of the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ and numerous events including Salsa Nights and Soul Weekenders running throughout the year. Crowning glory is the Tower Top ride, a Blackpool tradition up the lift 380 feet for panoramic views of Blackpool and beyond to North Wales, The Lake District and on a clear day the Isle of Man. A fascinating heritage board at the top displays photos of the Tower's heritage - you're treading in trillions of holidaymakers' shoes up here! Take the 'Walk of Faith' across the glass floor and look down to the promenade below - not for the faint hearted!

Blackpool Tower, Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 4BJ. Tel Enq. 01253 622 242. Ticket Bookings Tel. 0844 856 1111, or purchase online via the Tower's webguide link right.

Ripley's Believe it Or Not Blackpool

Right next to Pleasure Beach, 'Ripley's Believe it Or Not' in Blackpool is one of two in Europe. As the external facade of dinosaur head and rope climber hints at, Ripley's is home to a dazzling array of oddities including 2 headed calf, a fertility statue which is creating quite a stir and a floating tap which appears to have no plumbing. Great fun and open daily from February to November from 10am until Pleasure Beach Closes. Printable discount entry vouchers are via the Ripley's webguide link right.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Units 5&6 Ocean Boulevard, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, FY4 1EZ. Tel. 01253 341033.