Showtown Blackpool
Showtown Blackpool is a museum in Blackpool. Around it, within 15 km, lie 43 more places, Blackpool Tower (100 m) first on our list.
Museum in Blackpool
Inside Blackpool
Showtown Blackpool is inside Blackpool’s built-up area, with 30 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.
The climate through the year
From June to September, Blackpool sees highs of 18–20°C.
Showtown Blackpool
Museum in Blackpool, England, UK.
In Blackpool, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Blackpool
- Official site
- showtownblackpool.co.uk
The area around Showtown Blackpool
The map puts Showtown Blackpool in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Blackpool’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Blackpool is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (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.
Blackpool
Staining
Carleton
Poulton-le-Fylde
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Showtown Blackpool is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | It’s in town | 149,087 | 41 |
| Staining | 3.8 km east of it | 1,622 | 30 |
| Carleton | 4 km northeast of it | 4,793 | 13 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 4.1 km northeast of it | 12,792 | 13 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Combine it with these
Within 15 km you can add 3 attractions, 2 piers and a theme park.
AttractionBlackpool Tower100 m away2
Theme parkBlackpool Pleasure Beach2.7 km away3
ZooBlackpool Zoo2.8 km away4
AttractionAvalanche2.8 km away5
PierCentral Pier500 m away6
Art galleryGrundy Art Gallery600 m away7
PierNorth Pier500 m away8
AttractionBig Dipper2.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Showtown Blackpool
Where is Showtown Blackpool?
Showtown Blackpool is in Blackpool, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Showtown Blackpool?
Museum in Blackpool, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Showtown Blackpool?
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 Showtown Blackpool?
Within 15 km: Blackpool Tower (100 m), Blackpool Pleasure Beach (2.7 km), Blackpool Zoo (2.8 km) and Avalanche (2.8 km).
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 (8)
- Blackpool Tower: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Zoo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avalanche: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Central Pier: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grundy Art Gallery: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Pier: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Dipper: Norms360, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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