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Attraction · Blackpool · Lancashire

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Icon is a roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort. It is within Blackpool’s built-up area. There are 41 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Blackpool Tower (2.9 km).

Photo: Icon, BlackpoolJC91 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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

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

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

When to go

Which month to go

Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in Blackpool.

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

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Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

Type
Attraction
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
in Blackpool
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Icon on the map

The numbers show what else is near Icon, in the order listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Blackpool’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Towns that count Icon

Blackpool is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (149,087 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

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  1. 1Blackpool
  2. 2Lytham St Anne's
  3. 3Staining
  4. 4Poulton-le-Fylde
1 · It’s in town

Blackpool

149,087 people · 41 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Lytham St Anne's

42,693 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km northeast of it

Staining

1,622 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 7.3 km northeast of it

Poulton-le-Fylde

12,792 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns
TownWhere Icon isPeoplePlaces to visit
BlackpoolIt’s in town149,08741
Lytham St Anne's2.8 km southeast of it42,69333
Staining4.9 km northeast of it1,62230
Poulton-le-Fylde7.3 km northeast of it12,79213
Make a day of it

Pair Icon with these

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

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

Icon in questions

Where is Icon?

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

What is Icon?

Roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort, England.

When is the best time to visit Icon?

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

What else is there to see near Icon?

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

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.