Blackpool, The Most Popular Coastal Resort

BLACKPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 2000: Trouble for an ice-cream seller as the tide surrounds his trapped trailor and car on Blackpool beach. Blackpool is the most popular coastal resort in the UK and has been attracting millions of working class holiday makers for over 150 years. It's most famous attractions, such as the Blackpool Tower, Ballroom, Illuminations, beaches, piers and the Golden Mile have given pleasure to generations of children, parents, grand-parents and lovers! Because of recent changes in the UK gambling laws Blackpool will soon develop into a Las Vegas style centre for casinos where punters can bet, play bingo and slot machines 24 hours a day. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)