Blackpool is a seaside town lying along the coast of the Irish Sea in Lancashire, England. It is believed that Blackpool gets its name from a long-gone drainage channel which ran over a peat bog. The water which ran into the sea at Blackpool was black from the peat and as the history indicates the local dialect for stream was pul or Poole hence Black Poole and the people originated from Blackpool are called "Sand Grown" or "Sandgrown'uns".In Blackpool, by middle of the 18th Century the practice of sea bathing to cure diseases became fashionable among the wealthier classes and many visitors used to visit Blackpool for that purpose. In 1970 a 12,000 year old animal skeleton "the Carelton Elk" found with barbed arrowheads near "Blackpool Sixth Form College" which provided he first evidence of humans living on the Fylde as far back as the ‘Palaeolithic’ era.

This beautiful town boasts some of the best attractions in the World like ''Blackpool Tower'' which has been a dominant landmark of the Blackpool and beneath the tower you can find a complex of leisure facilities, entertainment venues and restaurants, including the world famous Tower Ballroom and Tower Circus. The Blackpool's famous three piers-North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier; ''The Winter Gardens'' includes the Opera House which is one of the largest theatres in Europe, and Pavilion Theatre, Empress Ballroom, Spanish Hall, Arena and Olympia are also popular in blackpool. The world famous ''Pleasure Beach Blackpool'' is a well-known theme park. Other attractions include Blackpool Zoo, Grand Theatre, Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, Sandcastle Water Park, Stanley Park and The Biggest Doctor Who Exhibition in the UK.

Districts and Towns in the Ceremonial county of Lancashire:
Districts: City of Lancaster • City of Preston • Burnley • Chorley

Cities and towns: Accrington • Ashton-under-lyne • Bacup • Bury • Blackburn • Blackpool • Brierfield • Carnforth • Clitheroe • Colne • Fleetwood • Lupton • Longridge • Lytham St Annes • Morecambe • Ormskirk • Poulton-le-Fylde • Preston • Rochdale • Rawtenstall • salford