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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]] | ||
Revision as of 18:29, October 25, 2024
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 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.[1] In 2020/21, Blackpool had the highest number of alcohol-related hospital admissions in the Lancashire lieutenancy area.[2]