Enjoy 21 amazing photos of the very best parts of Blackpool that allowed Blackpool to achieve the number three spot in the study by housebuyers4u.com.
UK cities were judged on five different categories, these included a culture score, based on shopping and nightlife. A green score, which is based on the number and ratings of a cities green spaces. A housing score, based on which is based on house affordability. A utility score based on the prices of gas and electricity and finally a violent crime score. This is calculated on the annual increase or decrease in crimes.
UK cities were judged on five different categories, these included a culture score, based on shopping and nightlife. A green score, which is based on the number and ratings of a cities green spaces. A housing score, based on which is based on house affordability. A utility score based on the prices of gas and electricity and finally a violent crime score. This is calculated on the annual increase or decrease in crimes.
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00:00My name's Robert from Blackpool. I am 70 years old. I've lived in Blackpool now for nigh on 30 years.
00:09Right. What's been your favourite thing throughout that time of living in Blackpool?
00:15I would say just the excitement of the place. I come from a little village in Scotland called Narbo, which was nice, lovely in fact, but very quiet.
00:25When I first arrived here I was overwhelmed by the amount of things that were available to do.
00:33Between the pubs, the clubs, the nightclubs, the green spaces, Stanley Park here for example. It's unbelievable the beauty we've got.
00:44My name's Geoffrey Park and I'm 66.
00:48How long have you lived in Blackpool?
00:5255 years.
00:55How have you found it during those 55 years?
00:58It has altered these last 20, 15, 20 years. It's really sort of deteriorated.
01:07Right, really. In what ways would you say?
01:09The buildings, the people, just in general.
01:15What would you say, what kind of people has caused it to deteriorate then?
01:19Well, I think there's too many, there's too much begging and goes on. I don't know why we can't hone them all to be honest.
01:29Sorry, could you repeat that please?
01:32I think there's too much begging and too many beggars on the streets. I think we should be able to do something better for them.
01:38As in, find a way to support them?
01:41Yeah.
01:42As a council and stuff like that.
01:43How old are you?
01:44I'm Steve McEvoy and I'm 66. I've lived in Blackpool all of my life, apart from the first three months.
01:54Could you just hold the microphone just a little bit higher?
01:58And it's been an interesting 66 years I've been in Blackpool.
02:04So you've lived here for 66 years. What's been your favourite two places just from now and historically when you've lived here?
02:17Historically, growing up, the best place was the promenade on Pleasure Beach as a child.
02:23Great place to go, free to get into. A fun place which has gone to the dogs basically since in the last 10-15 years.
02:33Now you can't go on without paying. Nobody goes, it's a great shame.
02:38The town in general has gone down because the shops have all closed and there's nowhere to shop in of any quality really.
02:47There's no people that can afford the prices of the quality shops.
02:51So it's just a sense of reason I suppose, you can't afford the expensive shops.
02:57The town, like the country, has gone a bit downhill so it's unfortunate but that's the way the country's going.