Category: 1938

West Street Car Park

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Blackpool’s West Street Car Park, built in 1938, was one of the UK’s earliest multi-storey car parks, designed to accommodate the growing number of visitors arriving by car. The facility offers 187 spaces, divided into 177 car spaces, 9 blue badge spaces, a free motorcycle bay, and an electric vehicle charging bay (32amp, 22kW), with charging priced at £1 per hour in addition to the parking fee. The car park has a height restriction of 2 meters (6’6″). For those using a satnav, the postcode for the car park is FY1 1HA. Parking charges apply at all times, with payment… Read more »

The Solaris Centre

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Originally built in 1938 as a Winter Garden, the Solaris Centre had deteriorated over the years, becoming a decaying eyesore along the promenade. Thankfully, instead of opting for demolition, Blackpool Council chose to restore the building and commissioned Mellor Architects to revitalise it. The vision was to transform the Solaris into a regional hub for environmental action, where each organisation or company occupying one of its many units would contribute to environmental sustainability in some way, earning the privilege of calling the Solaris their home. For more information about Mellor Architects and their role in this project, click the link… Read more »