Inside Blackpool's regeneration story

From swathes of new housing to Talbot Gateway there's billions being pumped into the town - we look at where and what impact it is having

By Ed Walker, first published on 26 September 2024

Away from the seafront there's often been despair at how Blackpool looks.

While the Illuminations may twinkle, a few streets back and those lights fall away to boarded up homes and swathes of surface car parks offering cheap parking for tourists.

But Blackpool is seeing something of a renaissance when it c…