35 Facts About Blackpool Tower

1. Blackpool Tower gets its name from a historic drainage channel that released discoloured water into the Irish Sea, forming a black pool.

2. Blackpool Tower is one of the most famous and easily recognised landmarks in the UK.

3. Blackpool Tower was not painted properly during the first thirty years and it became corroded.

4. Blackpool Tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

5. Blackpool Tower has experienced numerous high-profile crimes since the early 20th century.

6. Blackpool Tower United Hebrew Congregation is located on Leamington Road with a synagogue hall and community centre.

7. Blackpool Tower has two main venues for boxing fight nights, the Tower Circus Arena and the Winter Gardens, which both hold regular fight nights throughout the year.

8. Blackpool Tower has a dedicated local TV news service, That's Lancashire, organised by the That's TV network.

9. In early 2013, Grime music in Blackpool Tower increased dramatically with the invention of BGMedia.

10. Blackpool Tower was featured in a Channel 5 documentary series from 26 October 2017, this time entitled Bargain Loving Brits in Blackpool.

11. Blackpool Tower is the setting for Bhaji on the Beach directed by Gurinder Chadha.

12. Blackpool Tower is continually striving to improve its position within today's tourist industry.

13. Blackpool Tower is often described as the "gay capital of the North".

14. Blackpool Tower has a pioneering publicly owned Municipal wireless network Wi-Fi, which covers the entire town centre, promenade and beach front.

15. Blackpool Tower has, like all of the UK, a temperate maritime climate according to the Koppen climate classification system.

16. Blackpool Tower rests in the middle of the western edge of The Fylde, which is a coastal plain atop a peninsula.

17. In 2017, Blackpool Tower had the fourth highest rate of antidepressant prescription in England with the most common health problems being depression, stress and anxiety.

18. Blackpool Tower is covered by two Westminster constituencies: Blackpool North and Cleveleys, and Blackpool South.

19. Blackpool Tower gets its name from a historic drainage channel that ran over a peat bog, discharging discoloured water into the Irish Sea, which formed a black pool (on the other side of the sea, "Dublin" (Dubh Linn) is derived from the Irish for "black pool").

20. Blackpool Tower is used to storms, and takes them with a proper equanimity.

21. Blackpool Tower continued to be owned by the Bickerstaffe family until 1964, when the Blackpool Tower Company was sold to EMI.

22. Blackpool Tower released the Standard Corporation from its share commitments.

23. Blackpool Tower is a Grade I listed building and incorporates at its base a building containing attractions that include a world-famous ballroom and circus.

24. Blackpool Tower was officially opened to the public of the United Kingdom on the 14th  May 1894.

25. Blackpool Tower took three years to build using 2,500 tons of steel and five million Accrington bricks.

26. Blackpool Tower has provided entertainment for the people of Britain for some 114 years.

27. Blackpool Tower has 2 lifts going to a floor 17m above ground.

28. Blackpool Tower was bought by Blackpool Council in 2010 and is run by Merlin Entertainments for Blackpool Council.

29. Blackpool Tower is a tall structure in Blackpool, a North England seaside town.

30. On Saturday 14 May 1994 Blackpool Tower celebrated its centenary.

31. Blackpool Tower is well designed and offers wheelchair access, as well as good children's facilities.

32. Blackpool Tower is an entertainment mecca, with eight fantastic attractions under one roof.

33. Blackpool Tower has transmitters for local FM station Radio Wave 96.5 and some non-broadcast services.

34. Blackpool Tower is the common name for Tower buildings, an entertainment complex in a red-brick three-storey block comprising the tower, the ground floor aquarium and cafeteria, Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom and roof gardens that was designated a Grade I listed building in 1973.

35. Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894.