Blackpool Illuminations 2024 (145 -year-old tradition) for this year (UK) 30/Aug/2024

The Blackpool illuminations is probably one of those things that Britons do or should do once in their lifetime and its even more magical if you are a child seeing it for the first time. This year its a 145 years old and still going. Easily accessible from most parts of mainland Britain and perhaps even the while of the UK, the lights dazzle and thrill people from not just the UK but abroad as well. Wikipedia: Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known locally as The Lights or The Illuminations, they run each year for 66 days (since 2020, this has been extended to 100 days), from late August until early November at a time when most other English seaside resorts’ seasons are coming to an end.[needs update] They are 6.2 miles (10 km) long and use over one million bulbs. The display stretches along the Promenade from Star