It has a pier, a pleasant promenade and drive along the shore, and other appointments of a seaside resort, but it is less wholly devoted to holiday visitors than Blackpool, which lies 8 m.
Farther south, these rocks form the low coastal belt of Lancashire, edged with the longest stretches of blown sand in England, and dotted here and there with pleasure towns, like Blackpool and Southport.
Promotion was eventually clinched at Blackpool; a twelfth minute shot by Kevin Horlock enough to earn the point that clinched promotion.
Much to the shock and, in some cases, outright disgust of friends and colleagues I opted for Blackpool.
A cut above bustling and brassy Blackpool, Lytham St Annes attracted gentry eager to make their homes in the town.