Painted steel rollercoasters and a wooden coaster from 1923 stand on a seafront plot beside the sand.
What Blackpool Pleasure Beach looks like
The Pleasure Beach covers 42 acres of South Shore seafront along the promenade. From the promenade, steel rollercoaster track rises above a car park and the railings, with the ride structures set close behind.
The is one of four wooden coasters in the park, designed by John A. Miller and opened on 23 August 1923. A partial derailment on 23 July 2026 closed it pending investigation and repairs.
is a steel coaster 65 metres tall, with a blue lattice tower and red track running across it. Icon, a multi-launch steel coaster, stands in the park.
Inside one of the coaster stations, timber beams, Swiss crests and hanging bells line the walls. A car runs out through an arched doorway.
The stands on South Promenade, a short walk north of the park, and it now holds dodgems, a Crazy Mouse coaster and a Waltzer. serves the park, with a typical off-peak service of one train an hour to Blackpool South and one to Preston.
Shot in Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The Big Dipper has been filmed for two productions, the 1927 film Hindle Wakes and the 2005 BBC Three series Funland. Winona Ryder's scenes in The Killers' music video for Here With Me were shot at the park against most of its rides and on the Promenade.
Hindle Wakes, 1927
The Big Dipper
Maurice Elvey filmed on the Helter Skelter and the Big Dipper for the 1927 film Hindle Wakes. The film's Pleasure Beach and Tower Ballroom scenes were shot in a single ten-hour day.
Funland, 2005
The BBC Three series Funland, broadcast in 2005, has a scene with the characters Mercy and the Mayor on the Big Dipper ride. The series is set in Blackpool itself.
Here With Me, 2012
Winona Ryder's scenes in The Killers' music video for Here With Me, directed by Tim Burton, were filmed at the park against most of its rides and on the Promenade. The video is posted on the band's official channel, TheKillersVEVO.
The Big Dipper, a wooden coaster from 1923, is close in period to the Cyclone, a wooden coaster that opened at Luna Park, Coney Island, in 1927. Blackpool's trams, British road markings and signage would need dressing out to pass for Brooklyn. Try searching wooden coaster now.
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California
The Giant Dipper, a wooden roller coaster from 1924, stands at the eastern end of an oceanfront amusement park beside a wide sandy beach. Both coasters carry the name Dipper and are wooden. The Monterey Bay coastline gives Santa Cruz away in a wide shot, so tighter frames on the coaster hold the illusion. Try searching oceanfront amusement park now.
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