Borough of Blackpool

Borough of Blackpool
Motto: 
Progress
Blackpool shown within Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°49′15″N 3°03′05″W / 53.8208°N 3.0515°W / 53.8208; -3.0515
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionNorth West
Ceremonial countyLancashire
Incorporated1 April 1974
Unitary authority1 April 1998
Named afterBlackpool
Administrative HQBlackpool Town Hall
Government
  TypeUnitary authority
  BodyBlackpool Council
  ExecutiveLeader and cabinet
  ControlLabour
  LeaderLynn Williams (L)
  MayorPeter Hunter
  MPs
Area
  Total
17 sq mi (43 km2)
  Land14 sq mi (35 km2)
  Rank272nd
Population
 (2022)
  Total
141,574
  Rank161st
  Density10,500/sq mi (4,060/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
  Ethnic groups
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Religion (2021)
  Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
Dialling codes01253
ISO 3166 codeGB-BPL
GSS codeE06000009
Websiteblackpool.gov.uk

The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, Layton, Marton and Squires Gate, as well as the suburbs of Grange Park, North Shore, South Shore and Starr Gate. The borough also forms the core of the wider Blackpool conurbation.

The borough is bordered to the north and north-east by the Borough of Wyre (including Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Thornton and Poulton-le-Fylde), and to the south and south-east by Borough of Fylde (including Lytham St Annes), both of which are non-metropolitan districts in Lancashire. The western boundary is the Irish Sea coast. Surrounding districts form part of the Blackpool Urban Area which covers all the unitary authority area.