BLACKPOOL, municipal, county and parliamentary bor ough, Lancashire, England. Pop. (1931) municipal borough, Parliamentary borough, 127,303. It is 46m. N. of Liver pool and is served by the L.M.S. railway. The town is almost en tirely of 19th and 2oth century growth, its rapid development being related to that of the Lancashire industrial area. With the development of a fast railway service, together with many places of public amusement, Blackpool attracted visitors from all over the country. The sea-front with its sandy beach is well laid out, an important extension of the promenade having been made in 1912, and since that date the town has extended a great deal northwards. In 1922, 274 acres of undeveloped land behind the town were bought for a park, and laid out on modern lines.
The borough was created in 1876 (county borough 1904) and is governed by a mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. It was made a parliamentary borough in 1918 with the incorporation of outlying districts (urban). It returns one member to Parlia ment. Area of county borough, 5,189 acres; of Parliamentary borough, acres.