Where to live in Blackpool

I grew up in Blackpool (I’m 21 and moved to Yorkshire now) and I really didn’t like living there very much. Was very deprived and unsafe town. I lived in Marton, which was actually quite a nice area, but I’d have preferred Lytham, St Anne’s, or Poulton. Living in the outskirts, in the slightly nicer areas, is essential. I wouldn’t touch the town centre with a ten foot pole. Good luck! Xx

Hahahaha exactly what I was thinking!

@AlfietheSchnauzer What's your axe to grind here? There seems to be lots of people with local experience giving pictures of the good and the bad of different areas. You seem to be popping up regularly to post damning statistics with no personal experience.
I'm just wondering why you are so focused on the negatives of the area?

Except it IS worse though! I’ve already shown actual proof that it’s officially the most deprived area of the UK!

As in any built up area in the world, you have deprivation and areas of affluence. Blackpool is no different. Morecambe again areas of deprivation but more affluent areas, it’s also on the up with many people investing in property because of the Eden project. The views across Morecambe Bay are breathtaking and you can watch people swimming, paddle boarding and kite boarding sitting on the beautiful prom surrounded by families enjoying themselves. Yes it’s rubbish if the weathers not great but that’s the same at any seaside resort.
my only reservation about moving to these areas is I don’t think they are very diverse, I’d advise visiting to see how you feel, I’ve friends from multi cultural backgrounds and they’ve never had any direct racism but they did say going through primary school they did feel different but once they went to the Grammars it wasn’t a problem as it was much more multi cultural.

Brighton always feel a bit wanky whenever I go and now only 1 pier where Blackpool has 3 , Winter Gardens and the Tower and the Pleasure Beach plus the Illuminations in the autumn (tbh they look a bit old hat these days but loved them every year as kid. Oh and the Tower Circus which really is world-class in a beautiful venue.

Best place to stay in Blackpool? As far out of its borders as possible. It’s a shit hole.

So.based in your one day, out in Blackpool. When it wss wet and windy you have decided it is the wettest place in the uk🤔
I live about 40 miles from,Blackpool.and have Been many ,many time,sometimes its been, wet and windy sometimes its been warm ,sometimes its Been hot even just like the rest of the UK really🙄
I have Been to Brighton once in 1994 it was January and icy cold ,should I assume its always like that?

Also if you are thinking of going join the local Facebook pages I'm a member of St Anne's and Bispham groups which give you a lot of insight into local issues. I would say in terms of antisocial behaviours reports St Anne's is much quieter than Bispham.

I was born in Preston and the first family holiday I remember was getting in the car and driving 16 miles down Blackpool Road (no M55 then) down to a guest house in Blackpool for a week's holiday and happy days they were. As your husband is a doctor he will have no shortage of patients in Blackpool, but they don't have blood in their veins just a slurry of beer, chips and fags. I do love the place though must have visited 200 times of more over 60 years and if we ever moved back from Welling near London which is uber convenient for ....THAT London a 2 bedroom seafront flat in Bispham would be my choice for niceness/convenience (the trams) and value for money. Here's one in your price range. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131723660#/?channel=RES_BUY

I was there last weekend for the music festival, which was good. It's quiet, but lots of families were enjoying riding along the beach front. The OP's children are older, but I thought that the play grounds on the front were good. We drove up to Lancaster (which also has a Booths) and went to Heysham. It's like anywhere semi rural, you've got to be into fitness/walking etc. The Viking festival was this weekend and there seemed to be a few things advertised for the coming summer.
I take my GC to Blackpool, I'm going the middle of December. They have good, cheap children's shows and themed fairground rides etc. I've seen more homelessness, drugged up behaviour etc in Stratford upon Avon than Blackpool.

Poulton must be thriving, then.

Even better!

@YesterdayO it has moved down the road now (still in Poulton) but it’s now huge and has a lovely cafe on the top floor!

Poulton-Le-Fylde has a branch of Booth’s, which I think is one of the MN criteria for an acceptable place to live.

It’s opposite the bus stop where you’d catch the bus to Blackpool Vic, or used to be.

I’ll take that as you can’t because I haven’t.

@mollypuss1 Again, I politely ask, where did I ‘attack’ you? YOU WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!! This is harassment now - Go. Away!

Absolutely. My point exactly.

Again, I politely ask, where did I ‘attack’ you?

York and Chester are definitely tourist destinations.

@mollypuss1 Attacking & bullying is exactly what you've done!

Nobody was ridiculed by me. If I want to say that in my own opinion, there are no decent holiday destinations within 100 miles of Blackpool then I can bloody well say it love! YOU (& anyone else) can say that they disagree and that X or Y is decent without any need for any mocking/being abusive or offensive. That's the beauty of not living in a communist society, I am free to state my opinion politely & inoffensively. You're free to disagree with it politely & inoffensively. Targeting someone and attacking them because you disagree with their opinion is nothing short of bullying and stinks of communism.

You're running out of things now. Go hyper-criticise someone else.

None of the rest are holiday destinations.

Some of them are (had holidays in them as, or with, a child), some are nice day/weekend trips. Maybe they're not your choice but they are other peoples.

i think you’re confusing me with someone else. I haven’t had any posts deleted for stalking ever. In fact I haven’t actually posted anything in over a year until tonight. I’m starting to remember why I took a step back now.

funnily enough, you seem to have never posted before this thread. Any reason?

Yes and Whitehaven is in the Lake District! None of the rest are holiday destinations. I also live within 100 miles of Blackpool myself in a nice town but again, it's not a place you'd go on holiday.

If you don't agree with something somebody says, just scroll on! You don't need to challenge them

Alfie, is that you?

eh? what are you doing? You've had comments deleted before for this bullshit stalking people across threads