How many hotels does our town actually have? Well, according to Google, there are 241 including seven hotel chains. And that’s without all the B&Bs, guest houses, Air BnBs and other accommodations. I wasn’t surprised though, in fact I thought there might be more.
It has always been the same. Blackpool had guest houses lining its streets more than 100 years ago and the oldest hotel was ranked to have been constructed in the mid 1800s. These photos from our archives show some of the many hotels which have served tourism in Blackpool through the years. Some are still around whilst others are long gone. They tap into a long ago era of tourism as Blackpool knew it then...
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Sir Winston Churchill at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool in 1954 | National World
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The demolition of the Old Windmill Hotel, Westcliffe Drive , Layton in 1979 | library
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The Royal Hotel was on the corner of the Promenade and Adelaide Street and stood on this site for over 100 years. | National World
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The earliest known photograph of Bailey's Hotel in 1860 Beyond it is old property at Fumbers Hill, now Cocker Square | National World
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Old Bridge House Hotel on Lytham Road in 1925, its name is thought to refer to a bridge which crossed the Spen Dyke near the Manchester Hotel. The pub was rebuilt in 1879 and remodelled in the 1930s. Historical Blackpool from Blackpool Through Time by Allan Wood and Ted Lightbown | National World