Stanley Park Archives - Blackpool Social Club

23 Apr

Photo Essay: a Good Friday stroll round Heron’s Reach

David Simper0 CommentsEnvironment and Natureblack and white photography, Blackpool, countryside, film photography, heron's reach, Stanley Park

Here's a cheeky little piece based on my Easter constitutional round Heron's Reach and my black and white snaps in the chill but bright Spring light. This area was partly a war time airfield and some of that infrastructure is still used as part of Blackpool Zoo. Other areas were used for landfill for many years. When that finished, the area was left to grow and paths were put in to make a country park. This is one of Blackpool's green lungs. There's a lot of biodiversity. The area leads to the Marton Mere site of special scientific interest (SSSI)…

07 Sep

Blackpool’s Stanley Park is an English National Treasure

David Simper0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Local NewsBlackpool, climate change, england's favourite park, environment, favourite park, greenspace, park, Stanley Park

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It is official: our Stanley Park is England's favourite park 2022, and a third time win makes it a national treasure. Blackpool haters take heed. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] My previous articles prove that I am a lover of Stanley Park, being taken to it by my dad before I even lived in Blackpool. I never get tired of strolling round it, photographing it and latterly sketching and painting it. Innovations such as the BMX track and the new skatepark, show that the Victorian park can move with the times and retain its integrity. Despite the strains on council budgets, the…

06 Nov

New junior parkrun off to a flying start

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsSports & WellbeingAnchorsholme, park, sport, Stanley Park, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Since February 2017 the parkrun has been a hugely popular and successful activity in Stanley Park. There is now a junior event in Blackpool with the launch last month of an event for four to fourteen year olds at Anchorsholme Park. For the juniors parkruns take place Sunday at 9.00. Their event is two kilometres, rather than the 5k of the adult event. Unlike the open age parkrun the junior event begins with a warm up routine which at Anchorsholme takes place in the performance area in front of Brew café. Anchorsholme was selected as the venue for the…

17 Jul

In Her Place: green space in Blackpool

Stephanie Cottle0 CommentsColumns & OpinionBlackpool, Green Space, Place, Stanley Park, Wildlife

In this installment of her bi-weekly column, Stephanie Cottle discusses the importance of protecting Blackpool's open green spaces. The View from the Tower Standing atop Blackpool’s landmark tower, most eyes will find themselves immediately drawn to the spectacular views of The North West coastline. It’s not difficult to see why – with it’s whirling grey depths and dramatic, changeable skies it is a mesmerising sight to behold. Blackpool owes much of its success to the sea, having enchanted visitors to the town across the ages, and the birds eye view from the Tower only emphasises the exhilaration we feel in…

06 Jul

Wordpool’s Most Marvellous Family Day

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsBlackpool, books, children, community, dance, entertainment, families, heritage, Music, performance, poetry, Stanley Park, The Grand Theatre, wordpool

This Saturday, tomorrow in fact, Stanley Park hosts the excellent Wordpool Family Day. If you have never been, this year is definitely the year to visit with the sunshine blazing down and 2018 going down in history as "that long hot summer". The event is so amazing and FREE, visitors to the park will need to register to take part in the days activities but once you have you are in - expect a treat. This years event is circus themed alongside Circus250 celebrations so expect Big Top Marvels and The Mayhem Schools Project, a promise of the Flying Sun…

03 May

Wordpool Festival Returns For Triumphant Twelfth

David Simper0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Wordbooks, entertainment, performance, Stanley Park, wordpool

The twelfth year of the Wordpool festival, Blackpool Arts and Libraries' Festival of Words, dawns: 2018 promises to be yet another fantastic event. The Wordpool festival in May will reflect the nation's mood, sharing the romance of the impending Royal Wedding with an evening of bestselling romantic fiction at Stanley Park’s Art Deco Café on Tuesday 15th May from 6pm. Best-selling authors Carole Matthews and Fiona Walker with host Hayley Kay of Radio Wave will attend a fundraising launch event with romance, food, music and laughter for a special week. On Wednesday 16th May TV writer and comedian Mark Billingham…