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

Blackpool TowerPhoto Mark mc neill / Unsplash

Places to explore near Blackpool North StationBlackpool

22 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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Blackpool Tower

Landmark near Blackpool

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

0.8 km SW

Highlight

Stanley Park, Blackpool

House & garden near Blackpool

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

1.9 km SE

Highlight

Fairhaven Lake

Landmark near Lytham

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

9.8 km S

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.

4.5 km NE · Lancashire

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.

4.7 km NE

Wyre Estuary Country Park

Country park near Poulton-le-Fylde

A country park in Lancashire.

5.9 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.

6.4 km NE

Sandgrown Spirits

Attraction near Lytham

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

7.8 km S

Lytham Hall Gardens

Garden near Lytham

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

9.9 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Blackpool NorthSwimming spot0.8 km SW
Warbreck HillCounty topaccess unclear2.1 km N
Blackpool CentralSwimming spot2.2 km S
BisphamSwimming spot3 km N
Marton Mere, BlackpoolSSSIaccess unclear3.1 km E
Blackpool SouthSwimming spot3.5 km S
Lytham St Annes DunesSSSIaccess unclear5.7 km S
Wyre EstuarySSSI6.3 km NE
CleveleysSwimming spot6.6 km N
St Annes NorthSwimming spot6.9 km S
Lytham Coastal ChangesSSSIaccess unclear7.7 km SE
St AnnesSwimming spot8.1 km S
Ribble EstuaryNational Nature Reserve9.3 km S

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.