Blue Plaques A to C

Gallery of Blue Plaques in Blackpool: A to C

Audrey Mosson (New)

Blue Plaque to celebrate Audrey Mosson, May 2023.

Audrey Mosson Blue Plaque, Blackpool

Collegiate School (New)

Blue Plaque to mark the former site. October 2019. Located at Grizedale Court, Beech Avenue/Forest Gate.

Collegiate School Blue Plaque, Blackpool

Alistair Cooke

10 Vance Road. Opposite the Central Bus Station on Central Drive. Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster famous for his Letters from America, moved here in 1917, later attending Blackpool Grammar School.


Blackpool Civic Trust, Blue Plaque, Alistair Cooke lived in Blackpool.

Abingdon Street Market (ex Police Station)

The plaque is located inside the front entrance of the market.


Adelphi Hotel

Church Street, opposite Pizza Express.

Adelphi Hotel

Jimmy Armfield CBE DL

The plaque is at Revoe Academy and was unveiled on the 6th Sept 2018. Sponsored by the Professional Footballers’ Association.

Jimmy Armfield Blue Plaque

Desmond Baguley (New)

Blue Plaque October 2023

Blue Plaque for Desmond Baguley writer, donated by HarperCollinsPublishers  October 2023  Blackpool Civic Trust

 

 


Baileys Hotel

Plaque is on Princess Promenade on the colonades outside the Metropole Hotel by North Pier. One of Blackpool’s earliest hotels, it was erected in 1776.

Bailey's Hotel Blue Plaque, Blackpool
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Big Wheel (town centre)

Coronation Street wall of the Winter Gardens.

Blackpool Civic Trust, Blue Plaque, The Big Wheel was opened in 1896 and closed in 1928 next to the Winter Gardens.


Blackpool Municipal Airport (Zoo)

At the Zoo entrance. Woodside Drive. The Zoo buildings are still largely the old Art Deco style hangars.

Blackpool Civic Trust, Blue Plaque, Blackpool Municipal Airport was opened in 1931 and closed in 1945. It is now the Zoo.


Blackpool Tower

The original plaque was lost and on the 1st October 2019 a new one was unveiled by the Countess of Wessex. Two plaques have been made and will be located near the entrances to the Tower.

Blackpool Tower Blue Plaque

Blowing Sands

166 Common Edge Road, junction of Squires Gate Lane.

Blowing Sands Blue Plaque, Blackpool


Bonney’s Farm

King Edward Public House. Plaque is missing.


Borough Theatre

Bank Hey Street, near TK Maxx, very high up on wall.

Blackpool Civic Trust, Blue Plaque, Borough Theatre opened in 1877 and became Feldmans, Queens and was then demolished in 1972/3.


Central Library

Abingdon Street, Queen Street corner.

Central Library Blue Plaque, Blackpool


Central Picture Theatre

Central Drive, facing Reads Avenue, next to main car park.

Central Picture Theatre Blue Plaque


Central Pier

Past the front entrance of the pier.


Central Station

The building has been demolished. Plaque missing. Photo BBC website.

Central Station Blue Plaque, Blackpool

Cornelius Bagot

251 Whitegate Drive. Preston New Road end. Cornelius Bagot gifted Little Marton Windmill, which is Grade II listed, in trust as a perpetual memory to local author Allen Clarke.


Church of the Sacred Heart

Talbot Road, close to Talbot Square. The first Roman Catholic Church in Blackpool was designed by Edward W Pugin.

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Clifton Hotel

Talbot Square. The Clifton Hotel is on the site of Forshaw’s that was built in 1780.

Site of Courtfield House

Courtfield House was a ‘world class’ hotel and catering training facility in Blackpool. Formerly located on the corner of Park Road and Hornby Road. Thanks to Mike Coyle former lecturer at the college for assistance creating this blue plaque..