Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned
amusement park and
resort situated along the
Fylde coast in
Blackpool, England. It is the 3rd most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the world with an estimate of 5.5 million visitors in 2007.
The park is owned by the Thompson family. In 2003 the park opened the Big Blue Hotel, a four star hotel, making the park part of an official resort. The park operates an additional children's park in the resort called
Nickelodeon Land which is a subsidy of
Nickelodeon; it occupies the space of the original children's park which was called
Beaver Creek. The main attractions at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool include: