Arcades in Blackpool

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Blackpool, Lancashire? There are 20 arcades mapped here. That's 20 arcades mapped around Blackpool. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Check whether the venue runs on tokens, cards or coins before you arrive with the wrong currency.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Blackpool (within about 15 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Higgits Famous Family Amusements and Slots of Fun, plus Carousel. If an arcade's missing from Blackpool's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Blackpool arcade lineup

20 in Blackpool, plus 1 more around Blackpool below:

What the map tells us about arcades in Blackpool

1 of the 20 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.

The Blackpool arcade run

The efficient Blackpool arcade run strings these together: Higgits Famous Family Amusements on 6-8 Dale Street, Slots of Fun on 185-191 Promenade, Carousel on 151-155 Promenade, Silcocks Fun Palace on 125-141 Promenade, Happy Dayz Amusements, Central Pier Amusement Arcade, Funland on 61 Promenade, and Golden Mile Amusements — 20 stops, one logical order. 12 more are listed below.

Arcade tips for Blackpool

Hitting the arcades in Blackpool? Play smarter:

• Pinball rewards regulars at Higgits Famous Family Amusements. Pinball tables have personalities and moods. Play the same table a few times and you'll start reading it.
• Check the payment system first at Slots of Fun. Tokens, reloadable cards, coins, or tap-to-play — every venue differs. Ask at the counter before you feed the wrong thing.
• The classics are cheapest. Pac-Man, Galaga, the old cabinets — usually the lowest price per play and still the most fun per minute.
• Save your high-score photo. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.

Good to know

We searched about 15 km around Blackpool — 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 Blackpool can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 20 that's closed, or a great arcade we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

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 20 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.

Worth the trip: more arcades around Blackpool

1 more within about 15 km of Blackpool, nearest first: