Tattoo shops in Blackpool

Thinking about ink in Blackpool, Lancashire? Start with the studios: 13 are mapped here. All 13 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Blackpool (within about 15 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Taylor Made Tattoo Co and Retro Ink, plus Blackpool Body Art. If a studio's missing from Blackpool's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Blackpool tattoo lineup

13 in Blackpool, plus 3 more around Blackpool below:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Blackpool

None of the 13 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Most tattoo studios work by appointment anyway, so call or message before dropping in.

The Blackpool tattoo shop tour

Making a day of it in Blackpool? Work this order: Taylor Made Tattoo Co on 48 Foxhall Road, Retro Ink on 203 Central Drive, Blackpool Body Art, Forever Tattoo Studio, Body Art Tatt2 Studio on 90 Topping Street, Wonderland on Clifton Street, Phattatts on 294 Lytham Road, and West Coast Tatoo on 31 Talbot Road. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 5 more are listed below.

Tattoo tips for Blackpool

A few things worth knowing before you work through Blackpool's tattoo shops:

• Check the sterilisation setup at Taylor Made Tattoo Co. Single-use needles, sealed ink caps, gloves changed constantly. A good studio is happy to show you; a bad one gets defensive.
• Cover-ups need a specialist at Retro Ink. Not every artist does good cover-ups. Look for healed cover-up photos in the portfolio, not just fresh work.
• Book a consultation first. Most good shops offer free consults. You get to meet the artist, talk placement and price, and see how clean the place is.
• Ask about the deposit. Custom pieces usually need a deposit that comes off the final price. Ask how it works before you sit down, not after.

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 tattoo shop in Blackpool can take a while to appear. The 13 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.

If you run one of the 13 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 tattoo shops around Blackpool

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