Where to live in Blackpool

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Hi everyone

Hope that everyone has had a restful weekend Posting here for traffic.

We live in London but My DH has recently gotten a job in one of the hospitals in Blackpool so will be based there 3 days a week and needs a base which we can visit during holidays etc

Where do you suggest? We have 2 pre teen children of the same gender and are a family of ethnic minority so we want somewhere we can feel comfortable

We visited and liked poulton de fyre which was really posh, and were also in central Blackpool near the beach which obviously is very touristy and possibly out of our price range

As this will be a 2nd property, our max budget is £120,000, though not sure of where to settle, children's school will remain in London but want a place that we can spend all school holidays etc the property will be a bit of an investment so also need somewhere that will hold it's value etc

I have looked at Layton which seems more affordable but not sure of what the area will be like eg is it diverse, nice, quiet etc?

If anyone knows the area please advise

I have given OP a lot of useful info this evening and backed up all quoted facts with the source they came from. I haven't attacked nor mocked anyone for their suggestions either. I did politely query if there was much in Lytham, St Anne's or Poulton as I couldn't remember there being much but I have not attacked anyone for their suggestions. Some of us don't behave that way! Some of us are fully grown women who don't get a thrill out of belittling others

Excuse you? You have absolutely NO right to tell me to leave ANY thread! How actual dare you?! 😂
You also have zero idea what I know about Blackpool and the surrounding areas! The arrogance! My late DH was from the area as a matter of fact....

Do NOT tell me what to do, just because I've stood up for myself. Unbelievable

haven't attacked nor mocked anyone for their suggestions either.

Um... the post I was responding to seemed like you were very much doing that to another poster. I just thought it was rather funny you called someone a 'clown' when it wasn't her who was wrong and responded in kind (though with fewer emojis).

THANK YOU.

I've lived in Blackpool and never been the victim of crime nor met any of the "Albanian mafia". Never even met an Albanian tbh (closest I've got is Polish).

I bet the OP wish they never started this thread now.

Oh come on! There are a lot of issues with Blackpool but it being a bit wet isn't the biggest - there's a lot to do indoors! Plus eating ice cream in the rain on the prom is part of the holiday!

But to answer OP: St Anne's is worth a look

So some out of date second hand info? Really useful stuff 👍 Some of us have actually lived in Blackpool or the Fylde.

I agreeee 🤣😩😮‍💨

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ya clown is a figure of speech! Omg!!!! Like "ya silly billy" it's meant in jest! That was NOT name calling or mocking ffs!

Also, to be clear, it was NOT me who mentioned any Albanian mafia I have not said anything of the sort

You haven’t stood up for yourself, you’ve called one poster a clown and another sad solely because you were wrong and they proved it. How dare you ‘attack’ people this way 😂

@ChildrenOfTheQuorn I lived with him for 18 months! You're embarrassing yourself now. Pretending to know all about a stranger's life. Are you drunk?

Jesus H Christ! Saying "you clown" is said in jest! Like silly billy ffs!
Also I never called anyone sad? Saying "how sad" in response to someone doing something that a not calling that person sad, it's calling the behaviour sad. Comprehension is everything.

You're really hunting for a pile on aren't you? Oh so virtuous one

I suspect it's past your bedtime!

If you bothered to search my username you'll see I've been on Mumsnet a while. Years actually but had this username for months. Please stop troll hunting it's against Mumsnet talk guidelines.

Do you own a mirror at all?

Now you're attacking how I look! Wow. You have searched my username then. Reported!

Bispham is nice or going towards Lytham, but I don't really have any idea of prices. Have you looked on the East Coast? Places like Filey, The Bay resort has apartments starting at £100k, there is a pool, pub, Italian restaurant & you are 5 minutes drive from the centre of Filey itself.

Filet is the opposite side of the country. Blackpool is west coast, Filey is east coast.

Sorry, just saw you need Blackpool for work, have you thought of looking inland instead of on the coast? Somewhere maybe 30 minutes drive away?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135617315#/media?channel=RES_BUY&id=media13&ref=photoCollage

Less than 3.5 hour commute each way though so totally doable 👍🏼

Well this post has brought the Blackpool haters out with very few ever having lived there and has gone off drift offering little help to the original question.
I lived in Blackpool for a while and thoroughly enjoyed it, whilst not particularly ethnically diverse you will find people have moved there from all over the country for various reasons.
I never experienced hatred on any grounds of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or anything else that I have seen in other places I have lived.
However, back to the point, have a look at the North Shore area going towards Bispham.
To be specific, and try to help, you can buy a very nice 2/3 bedroom semi detached with driveway parking on Warley Road within your budget.
I have been in a few of the houses on that road as a few ex colleagues lived there, the houses are well built with large rooms and rear gardens and it is just faraway enough from the tourist areas to feel residential but near enough to enjoy what Blackpool has to offer.
The Vic hospital is not far away, neither is the main train station and you can walk to the seafront and catch a cheap tram along the front during the holidays with your DC to the Tower, pleasure beach, sandcastle indoor centre etc.
Don't worry about some of the daft comments on here, Blackpool is, or was, recently the second most visited place in the country after London so it must have something going for it.

@mollypuss1 Again, you're attacking people's suggestions rather than just helpfully pointing out the issues with it. Is this how you treat people in day to day life?

Again I ask, where is this ‘attack’?