No need to travel to Lytham, Blackpool has some great spots. Stefani's do the best wood fired pizza around in Cedar Square and around the corner is the Brew Room (where BFC was founded) which has a micro brewery on site and has plenty of quality guest ales.
Stanley Park is great too. Voted...
The top mount is part of the strut assembly which consists of the top mount bearing, spring and the shock absorber. It's good practice to replace the top mount when replacing the spring as they're usually cheap and won't incur any more labour costs as it has to be removed to replace the spring...