Events / News

Some of "What's On"    2012 

FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF FUTURE EVENTS AT THE GRAND THEATRE YOU CAN CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 01253 290190 OR WWW.BLACKPOOLGRAND.CO.UK . 

Winter Gardens and North Pier Theatre - www.blackpoollive.com  For further dates and details, please check their website                     

Did you miss the 2011 Blackpool Illuminations - Make a date in your diary for 2012.

Blackpool Illuminations for 2012 -

Switch on ceremony August 31st                 

Switch Off - 4th November.   'Join us as a celebrity flicks the switch'

Dates for your Diary:

Venue for The Open Championship in 2012 and the Walker Cup in 2015.

15th - 22nd July 2012

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886 and the present Course constructed in 1897. The Clubhouse celebrated its Centenary in 1998. It is one of the premier links courses in the world, host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and numerous other major tournaments including the Women's and Seniors Open Championships. Northern hospitality has always been famous and Royal Lytham leads the way. You will be made very welcome.                                

REASONS FOR VISITING BLACKPOOL 2012

2011 was the most important year for Blackpool with so many new innovations coming to fruition and the largest investment into the town in the last 50 years such as:-

Our beautiful new Promenade was finished by July, including the Comedy Carpet across from the Tower onto the new Headland. This headland is one of six new headlands built on the wonderful new Promenade.

On the Promenade is the new Tourism Information Office and our much publicised Wedding Chapel.

Our new Tramway should come on line during Easter which means that the oldest working tramway in the world will have been modernised fit for the 21st Century. Models of the finished work are now on show at the Solaris centre.

Nickelodeon Land, costing £10.5 million, opened at the Pleasure Beach in April 2011, plus another big, exciting ride.

Two superb new slides at the Sandcastle Waterpark.

Merlin Entertainments ( Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Madame Tussauds, Sea Life Centres and much more) have taken over the Tower and are investing another £10 million Included in their plans are a London Dungeon amongst other attractions. For the first time ever there will be free entrance to the Tower, you will only pay for the parts you use, plus upgrading of many of the favourite features.

Our Louis Tussauds has been upgraded to a Madame Tussauds and ready for this coming season.

The upgrade of the Winter Gardens, now owned by Blackpool Council.

Refurbishment of South Pier into a new family entertainment centre.

The opening of Blackpool Zoo’s Children’s Farm and a new food court will be in the spring.

New Ice rink opening on Cleveleys new, award winning Promenade.

Electrification of the rail line from Blackpool to Preston to enable us to join the national long distance network will commence in 2012.

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