Arcades in Blackburn
Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Blackburn, England has 36 mapped right now. That's 36 arcades mapped around Blackburn. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Off-peak hours mean shorter waits on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats.
This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Blackburn (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Hart's Amusements and Silcock's Amusements, plus Silocks Jackpot Amusements. If an arcade's missing from Blackburn's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Blackburn arcade lineup
36 mapped within about 40 km:
Hart's Amusements
Arcade
Hart's Amusements is Arcade on 214-222 Queen's Promenade, Blackpool.
214-222 Queen's Promenade, Blackpool, FY2 9HP
Silcock's Amusements
Arcade
Silcock's Amusements is Arcade on Nevill Street, Southport.
Nevill Street, Southport
Silocks Jackpot Amusements
Arcade
Silocks Jackpot Amusements — Arcade, found on Nevill Street in Southport.
Nevill Street, Southport
Wadbrooks Golden Sovereign
Arcade
Wadbrooks Golden Sovereign is Arcade on Nevill Street, Southport.
Nevill Street, Southport
Silcock's Funtime Amusements
Arcade
Silcock's Funtime Amusements is Arcade on Nevill Street, Southport.
Nevill Street, Southport
Merkur Slots
Arcade
Merkur Slots — Arcade.
Warwicks Amusements
Arcade
Warwicks Amusements — Arcade.
Blackpool, FY1 3AY
Hyper Gaming
Arcade
Hyper Gaming is Arcade on 52 North Road, Lancaster.
52 North Road, Lancaster, LA1 1LT
Hart's Amusements
Arcade
Hart's Amusements is Arcade on Hough Lane, Leyland.
Hough Lane, Leyland
Leisuretime Amusements
Arcade
Leisuretime Amusements — Arcade.
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1AG
Arcade Club Bury
Arcade
Arcade Club Bury is Arcade on Cork Street, Bury. Arcade Club Bury also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Cork Street, Bury, BL9 7BW
Phone: +44 161 464 9796
Darkstar Ultimate Laser Tag Arena
Arcade
Darkstar Ultimate Laser Tag Arena — Arcade.
Happy Dayz Amusements
Arcade
Happy Dayz Amusements — Arcade.
Reel To Reel
Arcade
Reel To Reel is Arcade on 17 Highfield Road, Blackpool. Reel To Reel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:30-18:00; Su 10:00-17:00.
17 Highfield Road, Blackpool, FY4 2JD
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-18:00; Su 10:00-17:00
Kings
Arcade
Kings — Arcade, found on 32-36 Standishgate in Wigan.
32-36 Standishgate, Wigan, WN1 1UE
Olympia Amusments
Arcade
Olympia Amusments — Arcade, found on 1-5 Rough Lea Road in Thornton-Cleveleys.
1-5 Rough Lea Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1DA
8 Bit Arcade Club Blackpool
Arcade
8 Bit Arcade Club Blackpool is Arcade.
Immersive Gamebox
Arcade
Immersive Gamebox is Arcade on Corporation Street, Manchester.
Corporation Street, Manchester, M4 3AJ
Urban Playground
Arcade
Urban Playground — Arcade.
Namco Funscape
Arcade
Namco Funscape is Arcade. Namco Funscape also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
M17 8ED
Leisuretime
Arcade
Leisuretime — Arcade, found on Unit 15a The Concourse Shopping Centre in Skelmersdale.
Unit 15a The Concourse Shopping Centre, Skelmersdale, WN8 6LB
Silcock's Funland
Arcade
Silcock's Funland — Arcade.
Coral Island
Arcade
Coral Island — Arcade, found on Promenade in Blackpool.
Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5DW
Golden Mile Amusements
Arcade
Golden Mile Amusements — Arcade.
Blackpool, FY1 5BD
Blackpool Amusements
Arcade
Blackpool Amusements is Arcade on 63 Bank Hey Street, Blackpool.
63 Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, FY1 4RU
Funland
Arcade
Funland — Arcade, found on 61 Promenade in Blackpool.
61 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5AA
Silcocks Fun Palace
Arcade
Silcocks Fun Palace — Arcade, found on 125-141 Promenade in Blackpool.
125-141 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5BE
Pirates Bay Amusements
Arcade
Pirates Bay Amusements is Arcade.
Central Pier Amusement Arcade
Arcade
Central Pier Amusement Arcade is Arcade.
Slots of Fun
Arcade
Slots of Fun — Arcade, found on 185-191 Promenade in Blackpool.
185-191 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5BH
Carousel
Arcade
Carousel is Arcade on 151-155 Promenade, Blackpool.
151-155 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5BE
Fleetwood Amusements
Arcade
Fleetwood Amusements — Arcade, found on 2a The Esplanade in Fleetwood.
2a The Esplanade, Fleetwood, FY7 6DL
North Pier Amusements
Arcade
North Pier Amusements is Arcade.
Shaws Amusement Centre
Arcade
Shaws Amusement Centre — Arcade, found on St James's Lane in Burnley.
St James's Lane, Burnley, BB11 1NH
Lucky Star
Arcade
Lucky Star — Arcade, found on 2 Station Road in Blackpool.
2 Station Road, Blackpool, FY4 1BE
Higgits Famous Family Amusements
Arcade
Higgits Famous Family Amusements — Arcade, found on 6-8 Dale Street in Blackpool.
6-8 Dale Street, Blackpool, FY1 5AF
What the map tells us about arcades in Blackburn
1 of the 36 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
2 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
There's a cluster: 4 of them sit on Nevill Street, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
2 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Blackburn arcade run
Making a day of it in Blackburn? Work this order: Hart's Amusements on 214-222 Queen's Promenade, Silcock's Amusements on Nevill Street, Silocks Jackpot Amusements on Nevill Street, Wadbrooks Golden Sovereign on Nevill Street, Silcock's Funtime Amusements on Nevill Street, Merkur Slots, Warwicks Amusements, and Hyper Gaming on 52 North Road. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 28 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Blackburn
Hitting the arcades in Blackburn? Play smarter:
- Check age policies at Hart's Amusements. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
- Learn one game deeply at Silcock's Amusements. Regulars pick a machine and master it. Chasing high scores on one game beats dabbling across twenty.
- Dance machines are cardio. Serious players treat them as workouts. Bring water, wear real shoes, and don't be embarrassed — everyone starts somewhere.
- Watch the regulars first. The high-score table tells you which machines are hot and who's worth watching. Fifteen minutes of watching teaches plenty.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Blackburn — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Blackburn can take a while to appear. The 36 above are only as current as the community map. A arcade that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 36 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Arcade listings for Blackburn: 36 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.