Attraction · Blackpool · Lancashire

Blue Flyer

Blue Flyer is an amusement ride. Its location is inside Blackpool’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Blue Flyer, Stefan Scheer (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Blackpool

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Attraction in Blackpool

Inside Blackpool

Blue Flyer is inside Blackpool’s built-up area, with 31 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Blackpool has 51 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Blackpool

June to September are the warmest in Blackpool, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.

Jan8° / 2°84 mm

Feb8° / 2°66 mm

Mar10° / 3°57 mm

Apr13° / 5°53 mm

May16° / 7°57 mm

Jun19° / 10°65 mm

Jul20° / 12°69 mm

Aug20° / 12°87 mm

Sep18° / 10°87 mm

Oct14° / 8°106 mm

Nov11° / 5°98 mm

Dec8° / 2°102 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Blackpool, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Blackpool. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Blackpool’s full climate →

About

Blue Flyer

Articles on it exist in 4 languages. Our list has 41 more places within 15 km; first among them is Blackpool Tower, at 2.9 km.

Blackpool’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Attraction
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Blackpool

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Blue Flyer is

The orange dot is Blue Flyer; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Blue Flyer

Blackpool tops the 6 for size, at 149,087 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Blackpool

149,087 people · 41 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Lytham St Anne's

42,693 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 4.8 km northeast of it

Staining

1,622 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 7.2 km northeast of it

Poulton-le-Fylde

12,792 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Blue Flyer is	People	Places to visit
Blackpool	It’s in town	149,087	41
Lytham St Anne's	2.7 km southeast of it	42,693	33
Staining	4.8 km northeast of it	1,622	30
Poulton-le-Fylde	7.2 km northeast of it	12,792	13
Carleton	7.9 km northeast of it	4,793	13
Weeton	8.3 km northeast of it	496	2

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Blue Flyer

Within 15 km are 41 places, among them 7 attractions and a theme park.

AttractionBlackpool Tower2.9 km away 2

Theme parkBlackpool Pleasure Beach100 m away 3

AttractionAvalanche100 m away 4

AttractionRevolution100 m away 5

AttractionBig One100 m away 6

AttractionBig Dipper200 m away 7

AttractionInfusion200 m away 8

AttractionNickelodeon Streak100 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Blue Flyer

Where is Blue Flyer?

Blue Flyer is in Blackpool, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Blue Flyer?

Amusement ride.

When is the best time to visit Blue Flyer?

June to September are the warmest months in Blackpool, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Blue Flyer a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Blue Flyer?

Within 15 km: Blackpool Tower (2.9 km), Blackpool Pleasure Beach (100 m), Avalanche (100 m) and Revolution (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Blue Flyer: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackpool Tower: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Avalanche: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Revolution: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Big One: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Big Dipper: Norms360, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Infusion: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnthescone/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nickelodeon Streak: CoasterKaty, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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