Best walks from Blackpool
Lancashire · North of England | Walks by train
MapSet out on beautiful walks directly from the centre of Blackpool.
Blackpool North Station to Poulton-le-Fylde Station
A pleasant route out of Blackpool on suburban roads and through Stanley Park, then a cycle-and-walkway and a choice of hard-surfaced track or gravelled woodland path beside a stream and before housing estates and paved roads into Poulton. Largely flat and easy underfoot. Passes Blackpool Zoo. Stanley Park has an Art Deco cafe, gardens and a boating lake (occasionally affected by avian flu restrictions).
Easy: 7km, gentle ascents.
Lunch: An Art Deco cafe in Stanley Park, plus facilities in Normoss and at the Poulton end.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Blackpool North Station to Kirkham and Wesham Station
A varied route through parks and woods between Blackpool and Staining, then farm tracks and field paths parallel to the railway, with some long grass and parallel cycle paths that can confuse. Avoids a fast and narrow pavement-less road between Weeton and Wesham. Passes through Stanley Park, with its Art Deco cafe building; woods carpeted with wild garlic in spring; Staining lies about a third of the way along.
17km.
Lunch: Staining, about a third of the way, has a pub and a convenience shop.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Blackpool North Station to St Annes-on-the-Sea Station
wonderful views over the sea to North Wales and to the Lake District. A very flat seaside walk on recently resurfaced, wide and smooth pedestrian-friendly paths from the station to the coast, then about three miles of off-road promenade. Towards St Annes the plotted route goes inland along a main road behind high dunes for over a mile and though it can mostly be walked along the sands instead. The promenade section can largely be walked along the beach or dunes, tides permitting, for a quieter, more scenic alternative. Public toilets along the prom are coin-operated.
Easy: 9km, gentle ascents.
Lunch: A never-ending supply of fish and chips and seaside refreshments along the promenade, and shops and cafes in St Annes.