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Photo of Blackpool Tower, a landmark in Lancashire, north west England.

Blackpool TowerPhoto Mark mc neill / Unsplash

Places to explore near Blackpool

The great working-class resort of the north, Blackpool raised its Tower in imitation of Paris and lit its promenade with illuminations to stretch the season. It stands on the flat Fylde coast, seven miles of sand facing the Irish Sea. South, the tide reworks the dunes and saltmarsh of the Ribble Estuary around genteel Lytham and its windmill. Inland the ground finally rises into the Forest of Bowland, a lonely block of heather fell and deep clough where hen harriers hunt.

68 places within 25 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Blackpool Tower, a landmark in Lancashire, north west England.Iconic

Blackpool Tower

Landmark near Blackpool

The 158-metre iron tower over the Blackpool prom, the most famous landmark on the Lancashire coast.

0.4 km W

Photo of Stanley Park, Blackpool, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Stanley Park, Blackpool

House & garden near Blackpool

Thomas Mawson laid out this 1926 park around a boating lake, Italian Garden and memorial tower.

1.8 km E

Photo of Fairhaven Lake, a landmark near Lytham, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Fairhaven Lake

Landmark near Lytham

Regenerated Edwardian boating lake and marine gardens on the Lytham St Annes seafront.

9.3 km S

Photo of Lytham, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Lytham

Village

Genteel Fylde-coast town with a windmill on the green, a wide seafront and Georgian Lytham Hall behind it.

10.3 km SE · Lancashire

Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.Iconic

Forest of Bowland

National Landscape near Slaidburn

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

22.1 km E

Photo of Sunderland Point, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Sunderland Point

Village

Tiny former port cut off by the tide twice a day, reached only across the sands of the Lune estuary.

22.3 km NE · Lancashire

Photo of Martin Mere, Burscough, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near New Lane, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Martin Mere, Burscough

SSSI near New Lane

Wetland centre with wintering swans and geese.

23.6 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Poulton-le-Fylde

Village

Pretty inland Fylde market town with a cobbled square, stocks, an old market cross and St Chad's church.

4.9 km NE · Lancashire

Photo of St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde

Church near Poulton-le-Fylde

Georgian church at the heart of Poulton's cobbled square, with box pews and a Fisher family mausoleum.

5.1 km NE

Photo of Wyre Estuary Country Park, a country park near Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, north west England.

Wyre Estuary Country Park

Country park near Poulton-le-Fylde

A country park in Lancashire.

6.3 km NE

Marsh Mill

Windmill near Thornton-Cleveleys

Towering restored 1794 tower mill at Thornton, one of the tallest in England, with a visitor centre.

6.9 km N

Sandgrown Spirits

Attraction near Lytham

Lytham craft distillery offering gin-making tours and tastings of its Lytham gins and rums.

7.3 km S

Photo of Lytham Hall Gardens, a garden in Lancashire, north west England.

Lytham Hall Gardens

Garden near Lytham

Parkland, woodland and formal grounds around a Georgian hall a short walk from the Lytham seafront.

9.4 km SE

Photo of Wrea Green, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Wrea Green

Village

Fylde village around one of Lancashire's largest greens, complete with a duck pond and a shelf of best-kept awards.

9.9 km SE · Lancashire

Photo of St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham

Church near Lytham

Lytham's Victorian parish church near the green, on a site of worship reaching back to the eleventh century.

10.1 km SE

Photo of Lytham Windmill, a windmill in Lancashire, north west England.

Lytham Windmill

Windmill near Lytham

Restored white tower mill of 1805 on Lytham green, now a small museum and the town's best-known emblem.

11 km SE

Everything else within 25 km (52) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.