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Blackpool: Area, History and Background

Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.

Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Blackpool in the United Kingdom.

  • city@ is a seaside town and unitary authority in Lancashire, England.
  • It is situated along the coast of the Irish Sea.
  • Blackpool has a population of 142,900, making it the fourth-largest settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington.
  • It lies 40 miles (64 km) north-west of the city of Manchester, and less than 30 miles north of Liverpool City centre.
  • Blackpool is the fourth most densely populated local authority district of England & Wales outside Greater London.
  • It rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism during the 19th century, particularly for the inhabitants of northern mill towns.
  • Blackpool is believed to get its name from a historic drainage channel that ran over a peat bog, discharging discoloured water into the Irish Sea, which formed a black pool.
  • People originating from it are called Sandgrown'uns, or Seasiders".
  • Much of Blackpool's growth and character from the 1870s on was predicated on the town's pioneering use of electrical power.
  • Though the Blackpool Urban Area extends beyond the statutory boundaries of it to encompass Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde and Lytham St Anne's, it remains administratively separate.
  • Between 1904 and 1974, Blackpool formed a county borough independent of the administrative county of Lancashire.
  • With the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, its county borough status was abolished and it was made part of the shire county of Lancashire.
  • On 1 April 1998, however, Blackpool was made a unitary authority and re-formed as an autonomous local government unit.
  • It remains part of Lancashire for ceremonial purposes however.