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Blackpool Hookups: Blackpool Women Want to Meet

Casual sex for adults in Blackpool and along the Fylde coast, in season and out of it.

Sex in Blackpool, on holiday or at home

Sea bathing made Blackpool. It was a hamlet until the eighteenth-century fashion for a health-giving dip brought the first hotels, and the railway station, opened in 1846, brought the visitors. The Lancashire mill towns shut their factories every year for Wakes Weeks, and many of their workers spent the week here; by 1951 the town had 147,000 people, and in the 1930s its theatres and cinemas could seat more than 60,000 at once.

Holidays abroad took the shine off from the 1960s, but the seafront still draws millions of visitors a year to the Tower, the Illuminations, the Pleasure Beach and the Winter Gardens, and about 141,000 people live here year round. For a hookup that mix is handy: some people know every corner of the town, others are here for a weekend, and a weekend may be all either of you wants.

Under 35 or over 45: Blackpool's two crowds

Blackpool's members lean young, with the 18 to 24s at nearly two-fifths of everyone within 40 miles and the 25 to 34s close behind on three in ten. Against the trend across the rest of the site, though, people aged 45 to 54 outnumber the 35 to 44s here, roughly one in seven against one in ten. About one in five is a woman. They come from Lancaster, Southport and Liverpool, and from Leyland, Bolton, Burnley, Rochdale and Middleton, so a match may well be travelling to you for the night.

18 to 2439%

25 to 3430%

35 to 4410%

45 to 5415%

55 and over6%

Ages of our members within 40 miles of Blackpool, today.

Blackpool dating for locals and for weekenders

If you live here

You share a crowded town: in the North West only Manchester and Liverpool pack more people into each square kilometre, so the person who catches your eye may live a few streets away. What other members see of you is a username and your nearest town, never your address, which matters when a match is that close. A quarter of local jobs are in health and social work, so if you keep odd hours, say so on your profile.

If you're visiting

Look before you travel. As a VIP you can search by city and distance, which means you can see who's around Blackpool and start chatting before you arrive. Then meet where the crowds are: by the Tower, at the Winter Gardens, or on North Pier, where the 1939 Pavilion Theatre, one of the few pier theatres left in the country, puts on variety acts through the summer season.

Wherever you meet, start somewhere public. The safety page has the rest, from blocking to reporting a profile.

The Fylde coast and beyond: hookups near Blackpool

Blackpool faces the Irish Sea from the Fylde peninsula, 14 miles west of Preston and 27 north of Liverpool. Lytham St Annes is under six miles away and Preesall under eight; Southport is about twelve, Garstang under thirteen, and Penwortham and Longridge a little further out. If the person you like lives in one of those towns, the Tower is a meeting point nobody needs directions to.

Blackpool, before you book

Is Blackpool dating just a summer thing?

No. About 141,000 people live in Blackpool all year, and our members within 40 miles, from Lancaster to Liverpool, don't disappear when the summer shows on North Pier finish. The Tower and the Winter Gardens are still standing in February, too.

Is Preston close enough for a date?

Easily. Preston is 14 miles east and Southport about twelve, and our members near Blackpool include people in Southport, Leyland and Lancaster too. Meet on the seafront, or split the difference and pick somewhere in between.

What if a Blackpool hookup doesn't feel right?

Leave. Meet somewhere busy, like the Winter Gardens or the foot of the Tower, so walking away is easy, and if someone keeps messaging, block them so they can't contact you again. You can also report a profile or a message from inside the site.

Hookups near Blackpool

Every town we cover is on the locations page, and the near me page explains how members find each other close to home.