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'''Blackpool''' is a seaside town located on the coast of Lancashire in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is best known for it's many unique tourist attractions which include the Blackpool Tower, three piers and the Pleasure Beach amusement park which had, for a while, the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world.  
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'''Blackpool''' is a seaside town located on the coast of [[Lancashire]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is best known for it's many unique tourist attractions which include the Blackpool Tower, three piers and the Pleasure Beach amusement park which had, for a while, the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world.  
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In recent years, Blackpool's residential areas have come to prominence for being among the most [[Poverty|deprived]] in the UK; as reported in ''[[The Telegraph]]'' in 2021, the parliamentary constituency of Blackpool South ranked among the highest in the UK for issues such as bad heath, substance abuse, obesity, low academic achievement and unemployment.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/12/27/deprivation-drugs-tory-mp-levelling-faces-toughest-test/  Deprivation, drugs and a Tory MP: where levelling up faces its toughest test]</ref>
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== References==
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[[Category:Towns and cities in Lancashire]]
 
[[Category:Towns and cities in Lancashire]]
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