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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.
'''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.
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>
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> In 2020/21, Blackpool had the highest number of alcohol-related hospital admissions in the Lancashire [[Counties for the purposes of lieutenancy|lieutenancy area]].<ref>[https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/lancashire-insight/health-and-care/health/lifestyle/alcohol/ Alcohol - Lancashire County Council]</ref>
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[[Category:Towns and cities in Lancashire]]
[[Category:Towns and cities in Lancashire]]