There's a lot happening in Blackpool with new developments, regeneration etc.
One of the key tourist routes into Blackpool is by train, you can see some of the improvements here... Talbot gateway, new shop fronts and buildings rendered etc. Talbot Square looking good. It's getting there.
Turtle Bay on the way to that area too.
Club 3000 Bingo premises are due to open in late June with a £5m fit out of the interior of the building now underway
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New ambulance hub is looking good.
More trees planted every year finally greening places up.
Blackpool has been handed a further £8m of Levelling Up Funding by the Government which will be used to convert the town’s historic former main…
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Businessman Alex Huckerby plans to convert the former Co-operative Bank on Clifton Street offering a similar experience to existing Marvin’s bars in Lytham, Poulton and South Shore
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Maybe someone got a tad carried away with the new Lytham... but good to see Highfield Road doing well.
"It's the new Lytham'
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Blackpool Central coming on...
The revoe sports pitches are due not far off and the new east stand will improve the area.
Work is underway on the new civil service building, one part of increasing footfall in town to help businesses.
Muse Developments has appointed the contractor to build the 215,000 sq ft town centre office, with work due to complete in March 2025.
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The Multiversity is planned... bringing huge educational benefits and more footfall.
Resolutions to approve the use of compulsory purchase powers to unlock the construction of a town centre car park and a new East Stand for the town’s football club were also rubber-stamped by the council’s executive this week.
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The museum is another thing coming soon.
New attraction...
The Blackpool attraction, called The Gruffalo & Friends Clubhouse, invites visitors to 'burst through the pages of some of their favourite stories and into a magical 3D world'.
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There's a new arcade near to the Tower where the old woolworths used to be.
Blackpool is undergoing a huge redevelopment
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New look Abingdon Street market.
Any more? Probably missed loads of smaller things. Please add to the thread.