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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: General Discussion
I never had a problem with Blackpool in all the years I've been visiting there since 1988. There is good and bad areas wherever you go. Mind you I used to work in London many years ago and go out around Leicester Square at night, so Blackpool looks kind of tame compared to London
Not seen trouble in Blackpool since...er...last Saturday night.
Fight outside Velvet Coaster, security on it in less than a minute, 2 police vans in less than 2 minutes.
Prom and BPB much better than they used to be, but the stag/hens still end up in bother all down the front.
Stay off all the side streets, but the busy areas are usually safe.
Keep off the beach late at night, you will attract trouble in some form or other.
Fight outside Velvet Coaster, security on it in less than a minute, 2 police vans in less than 2 minutes.
Prom and BPB much better than they used to be, but the stag/hens still end up in bother all down the front.
Stay off all the side streets, but the busy areas are usually safe.
Keep off the beach late at night, you will attract trouble in some form or other.
Skyscraper
TS Member
Then you wouldn't be alert enough to spot trouble, would you?I find the trick to coping with Blackpool is to make sure from the moment you arrive that you're never sober enough to feel fear.
DiogoJ42
TS Member
But you wouldn't feel pain when they beat you to death.Then you wouldn't be alert enough to spot trouble, would you?![]()
kris3012
TS Member
The few times I've been to Blackpool we stopped at Cala gran in Fleetwood and used to tram into Blackpool
I thought the place was fine didn't see any trouble.
But I guess like everywhere there's always gonna be trouble especially at night with all the stag/hen do's
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I thought the place was fine didn't see any trouble.
But I guess like everywhere there's always gonna be trouble especially at night with all the stag/hen do's
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It isn't the stag/hen parties that are the real trouble, they have a fixed range between the piers and around the town.
The real issue is the depraved/deprived underclass, that uses crime as an alternative to work, and live off the tourists.
There are some very nice parts to Blackpool, I would happily live on any of the roads around Stanley park, but the mass of very cheap housing behind the prom and in certain pockets of the town are in urgent need of slum clearance, but the council can't afford to do so.
Hop a mile or two south to St Annes, and disposable income trebles. There are massive economic divisions in the area, and there always has been.
The real issue is the depraved/deprived underclass, that uses crime as an alternative to work, and live off the tourists.
There are some very nice parts to Blackpool, I would happily live on any of the roads around Stanley park, but the mass of very cheap housing behind the prom and in certain pockets of the town are in urgent need of slum clearance, but the council can't afford to do so.
Hop a mile or two south to St Annes, and disposable income trebles. There are massive economic divisions in the area, and there always has been.
Rob
TS Team
I have moved the vast majority of posts relating to the construction of Icon over to the Icon discussion thread. Please carry on with general BPB discussion here!

DiogoJ42
TS Member
So what you're saying is, we all need voice coaching to perfect our northern accents, and they'll leave us alone?The real issue is the depraved/deprived underclass, that uses crime as an alternative to work, and live off the tourists.
Blackpool is a very unique place and I bloody love it, I come from a rougher side of Birmingham so to me it feels like home but with a sea. I much prefer the back street pubs more character far more safer I found then in the town centre at least at chucking out time, I've been coming to Blackpool for over 5 years visit at least 20-25 times a year just for the Pleasure beach so I guess everyone has diffrent experiences but far as I'm concerned £1.50 a pint is a cracking deal
Ian
TS Team
Well the good news continues for Pleasure Beach, with them posting a £1M pre-tax profit, despite the UK having a somewhat underwhelming summer this year.
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...istic-over-new-ride-and-profit-rise-1-8785726
Small steps with a 1% guest increase, but all boding well for next year with Icon. It's reassuring to see the park on a seemingly steadier footing after the troubling times the park was going through just a few years ago
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...istic-over-new-ride-and-profit-rise-1-8785726
Small steps with a 1% guest increase, but all boding well for next year with Icon. It's reassuring to see the park on a seemingly steadier footing after the troubling times the park was going through just a few years ago
Spike
TS Contributor
Blackpool is statistically one of the most socially deprived places in the UK.
This makes it all the more important BPB is successful.
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Where are you getting your statistics Dan? According to multiple sources including the ONS, Blackpool isn't even listed in the top 10 of socially deprived places in the UK
Town/City Proportion of LSOAs in the most deprived 20%
Oldham 65.2
West Bromwich 62.8
Liverpool 59.4
Walsall 57.5
Birmingham 57.5
Nottingham 57.3
Middlesbrough 55.9
Salford 55.6
Birkenhead 54.5
Rochdale 53.8
Source: Office for National Statistics and Department for Communities and Local Government
Plastic Person
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"The 2015 index ranks Blackpool as the most deprived of 326 Local Authority areas in England, based on both the average LSOA score and concentration of deprivation measures."
https://democracy.blackpool.gov.uk/documents/s10400/Appendix 10a Blackpool Deprivation Report.pdf
https://democracy.blackpool.gov.uk/documents/s10400/Appendix 10a Blackpool Deprivation Report.pdf
Martin
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I see they moved the Tory party conference fringe from Manchester to this threadIt isn't the stag/hen parties that are the real trouble, they have a fixed range between the piers and around the town.
The real issue is the depraved/deprived underclass, that uses crime as an alternative to work, and live off the tourists.
There are some very nice parts to Blackpool, I would happily live on any of the roads around Stanley park, but the mass of very cheap housing behind the prom and in certain pockets of the town are in urgent need of slum clearance, but the council can't afford to do so.
Hop a mile or two south to St Annes, and disposable income trebles. There are massive economic divisions in the area, and there always has been.