Borough of Blackpool | |
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Motto: Progress | |
![]() Blackpool shown within Lancashire | |
Coordinates: 53°49′15″N3°03′05″W / 53.8208°N 3.0515°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Unitary authority | 1 April 1998 |
Named for | Blackpool |
Administrative HQ | Blackpool Town Hall |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority |
• Body | Blackpool Council |
• Executive | Leader and cabinet |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Lynn Williams (L) |
• Mayor | Gillian Campbell |
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Area | |
• Total | 17 sq mi (43 km2) |
• Land | 14 sq mi (35 km2) |
• Rank | 272nd |
Population (2022) [3] | |
• Total | 141,574 |
• Rank | 161st |
• Density | 10,500/sq mi (4,060/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode areas | |
Dialling codes | 01253 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-BPL |
GSS code | E06000009 |
Website | blackpool |
The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, Layton, Marton and Squires Gate. As well as the suburbs of Grange Park, North Shore, South Shore and Starr Gate. The borough also forms the core of the wider Blackpool conurbation.
The borough is bordered to the north and north-east by the Borough of Wyre (including Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Thornton and Poulton-le-Fylde), and to the south and south-east by Borough of Fylde (including Lytham St Annes), both of which are non-metropolitan districts in Lancashire. The western boundary is the Irish Sea coast. Surrounding districts form part of the Blackpool Urban Area which covers all the unitary authority area. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Blackpool was a municipal borough until 1889 when it became a county borough, [10] on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough of Blackpool was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district with the same boundaries as the county borough. [11] [12] Until 1998, Blackpool was administered as part of Lancashire County Council which was based in Preston. After the creation of unitary authorities by the government, Blackpool and Blackburn were successful in gaining their own right to govern independent from the county council. Blackpool gained unitary authority status, [13] as did Blackburn and it was renamed "Blackburn with Darwen". As of 2021 [update] these are the only two unitary authorities in Lancashire although they remain part of Lancashire for ceremonial purposes.
Blackpool borough is administered by Blackpool Council currently under Labour control.
Blackpool is a seaside resort town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name. The population of Blackpool at the 2021 census was 141,000, a decrease of 1,100 in ten years.
Cleveleys is a town on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of Blackpool and 2 miles (3 km) south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre. With its neighbouring settlement of Thornton, Cleveleys was part of the former urban district of Thornton-Cleveleys and is part of the Blackpool Urban Area. In 2011 the Cleveleys Built-up area sub division had a population of 10,754.
The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is operated by Blackpool Transport Services (BTS) and runs for 18 km. It carried 4.9 million passengers in 2022/23.
Blackpool South is a constituency in Lancashire, England which has been represented by Chris Webb of the Labour Party since a 2024 by-election.
Blackpool North and Fleetwood is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was recreated in 2024 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Its boundaries are similar to those of the 1997–2010 constituency and largely replace Blackpool North and Cleveleys.
Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England, which occupies most of the ceremonial county of the same name. The council is based in County Hall, Preston, and consists of 84 councillors.
Blackpool North and Cleveleys is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Maynard, a Conservative.
Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England.
Layton is a suburb of Blackpool in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. The ward population at the 2011 census was 6,845.
Blackpool North was a borough constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
South Shore is an area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It forms the southern part of the town for two miles along the Promenade from Rigby Road to Starr Gate. Its inland boundaries run along Rigby Road, Queen Victoria Road, Ansdell Road, Hawes Side Lane, Common Edge Road and Squires Gate Lane.
The A587 is a road in England that runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood in Lancashire.
The A584 is a road in Lancashire, England, that runs from Clifton, near Preston, to Little Bispham, in the north of Blackpool.
Blackpool and the Fylde coast have become a ship graveyard for a number of vessels over the years. Most of the shipwrecks occurred at or near Blackpool, whilst a few happened a little further afield but have strong connections with the Blackpool area. For this article, Blackpool means the stretch of coast from Fleetwood to Lytham St Annes.
Blackpool Council is the local authority of the Borough of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a county council and district council combined.
The 2023 Blackpool Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Blackpool Council in Lancashire, England. All 42 councillors were up for election. This was at the same time as other local elections across England.
Public transport in the Fylde is available for three modes of transport—bus, rail and tram—assisting residents of and visitors to the Fylde, a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England, without their own vehicle, to travel around much of the area's 64 square miles (170 km2).