Big Blue Hotel

Northwest England


A handsome family hotel with smartly kitted-out rooms. Kids are looked after with DVD players and computer games, while its location at the southern entrance to Blackpool Pleasure Beach should ensure that everyone has something to do.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Northwest England attractions

1. Blackpool Pleasure Beach

0.27 MILES

The lifeblood of Blackpool's commercial life is the Pleasure Beach, a 16-hectare collection of more than 145 rides that attracts some seven million…

2. Sandcastle Waterpark

0.41 MILES

Across from Pleasure Beach is Britain's largest indoor water park, a complex with 15 different slides and rides. The most popular slides are in the…

3. Blackpool Tower

1.81 MILES

Built in 1894, this 154m-high tower is Blackpool's most recognisable landmark. Watch a 4D film on the town's history in the Blackpool Tower Eye before…

4. North Pier

2.15 MILES

Built in 1862 and opening a year later, the most famous of Blackpool's three Victorian piers once charged a penny for admission; its plethora of…

5. Lancaster Castle

20.79 MILES

Lancaster's most imposing building is the castle, built in 1150 but added to over the centuries: the Well Tower dates from 1325 and is also known as the…

6. Lancaster Priory

20.86 MILES

Immediately next to Lancaster Castle is the equally fine priory church, founded in 1094 but extensively remodelled in the Middle Ages.

8. Furness Abbey

24.35 MILES

Eight-and-a-half miles southwest of Ulverston, the rosy ruins of Furness Abbey are all that remain of one of northern England's largest and most powerful…