Showtown Blackpool
Museums & Science Centres · Blackpool, Lancashire
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Open now — closes 3pm
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyEducationalBirthday partiesSensory-friendly sessionsToddler sessionsMemberships available
What’s there
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
No on-site car park. Nearest paid car parks ~2 min walk: Houndshill Shopping Centre multi-storey (FY1 4NY) and Central Car Park (FY1 5QB). Disabled badge holders: 3 hours free at Central Car Park.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Showtown is an interactive museum celebrating Blackpool's entertainment heritage. Explore six themes—circus, shows, dance, illuminations, magic and seaside—through the stories of comedians, dancers, acrobats and other performers who made Blackpool the home of show business. The museum hosts changing exhibitions including Happiness! The Ken Dodd Exhibition and David Bowie: On Tour, alongside regular family activities like Showtots sessions for babies and toddlers, workshops, guided tours and live comedy events. It's located just off the promenade next door to Coral Island.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Lunch boxes
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Travel sickness bands
- Nappies
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
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