Blackpool – APLH/NCPLH Personal Licence Course

Best Western Carlton Hotel 
282-286 North Promenade 
Blackpool 
FY1 2EZ

 

Start Time: 9.30 am
Finish Time: approx 4.30 pm

 

National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders Course & Examination

This qualification is one of the accredited qualifications required during the application process for a Personal Licence to authorise the sale of alcohol.

 

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Price includes an NCPLH Handbook, Course, Examination and Certificate.

Once you have purchased your course, your joining instructions and some initial pre-reading material can be downloaded your invoice can be printed. Your handbook will be sent to you in the post.

The product may be purchased by Debit or Credit card, or by sending a cheque.

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We can also come to your venue to deliver a course. Minimum candidates 3-6 depending on location.

 

Getting Around Blackpool

Air

Blackpool International Airport operates regular charter and scheduled flights throughout the UK and Europe. The airport is actually just over the borough boundary into Fylde Borough, although a proposal to reorganise Blackpool's borders would see the airport incorporated into Blackpool Borough. This airport which was formerly known as Blackpool Squires Gate Airport, is one of the oldest in the UK having hosted public flying meetings in 1909 and 1910. After a gap, it has been active from the 1930s to date. Airlines currently serving Blackpool include Jet2, Manx2 and Aer Arann.

Consumer champion Which? Holiday found that Blackpool Airport was the favourite among its members in a major independent survey. The airport, which flies to about 20 destinations, received an overall customer score of 80 per cent. It received five stars for the efficiency of check-in, the time it takes to clear security and distance from check-in to the gate, and the overall airport experience, including signage, design of the airport and attitude of staff.

In 1927 the local council announced that an airfield would be built near Stanley Park, which would become Stanley Park Aerodrome offering flights to the Isle of Man for £1.80. The airport opened in 1929 and was officially opened by then British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald in 1931. However, with the opening of Squires Gate Airport a decision was announced in 1936 by the Ministry of Transport to close the Stanley Park airfield. In fact, civil operations continued until the outbreak of war with scheduled services to the Isle of Man and elsewhere. During the war, Stanley Park was used as a Royal Air Force training station, known as No. 3 School of Technical Training. Vickers assembled many Wellington bombers here and Beaufighters were repaired for the RAF. The airfield closed in 1947. The land that the airport stood on now covers Blackpool Zoo as well as a hotel and golf course. The hangars from the old airport are still in use as the elephant enclosure for the zoo.

Bus and coach

Blackpool's Talbot Road bus station and multi-storey car park.

    Blackpool Transport operates the main bus services in and around Blackpool.
    Stagecoach operates the regional bus and coach services in and out of Blackpool, under the operational name of Stagecoach in Lancashire or Stagecoach Express.
    National Express operates the main long distance coach services in and out of Blackpool.

Facilities include –

Blackpool Talbot Road Bus Station was the main town centre bus station, but is now used by only Stagecoach services. Blackpool Transport stopped using the bus station in the early 2000s after a disagreement with Blackpool Council regarding the state of the bus station building. Blackpool Transport now use Market Street and Corporation Street as their bus interchange which is located in the heart of the town centre. National Express have also recently stopped using this bus station, moving to the new National Express Blackpool Central Coach Station.

Blackpool Central Coach Station is mainy used by National Express service along with some independent coach operators. The coach station has a booking office and toilet facilities.

Blackpool Lonsdale Road Coach Station is the main coach station the South Shore district of Blackpool. This is mainly used by independent coach operators and also by some National Express services. The coach station has a cafe, shop and toilet facilities but is in a state of disrepair.

Blackpool Colosseum Bus & Coach Station was the main bus and coach station in South Shore. Located next to Blackpool Transport Headquarters, it was demolished to make way for a Somerfield supermarket.

Railway

Interior of Blackpool North Railway Station
TransPennine Express and Northern Rail trains at Blackpool North Station

Train operators serving Blackpool include:

    Northern
    TransPennine Express

Stations in the town are, or were:

    Blackpool North (originally Talbot Road)
    Blackpool Pleasure Beach
    Blackpool South (originally Waterloo Road)
    Layton (originally Bispham)
    Squires Gate (just outside the borough boundary but serving Blackpool International Airport)
    Blackpool Central (originally Hounds Hill, closed 1964)
    Burlington Road Halt (closed 1949), reopened as Blackpool Pleasure Beach Railway Station in 1987
    South Shore (renamed Lytham Road 1903, closed 1916)

Blackpool once had two railway termini with a total of over 30 platforms, mainly used by excursion traffic in the summer. Blackpool Central, close to Blackpool Tower, was closed in 1964, whilst Blackpool North was largely demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility. The route of the former excursion line into Blackpool Central is now used as a link road from the M55 motorway to the town centre. The line into Blackpool via Lytham St Annes now has a station serving Blackpool Pleasure Beach but terminates at Blackpool South station. The line into North station is now the more important.

Road

The M55 motorway links the town to the national motorway network.

Tram

Tramway route
A double-decker Balloon Tram on The Promenade at Bispham
A Blackpool Tram on The Promenade
Main article: Blackpool tramway

Blackpool tramway runs from Starr Gate in Blackpool to Fleetwood and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom (UK).The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by Blackpool Transport as part of the Metro Coastlines, owned by Blackpool Council. The tramway runs for 11 miles (18 km) and carries 6,500,000 passengers each year.

The tramway was for a long time the only working tramway in the United Kingdom (UK) outside of museums. It was also the UK's first electric system. However there are now a number of other tramways including Manchester Metrolink, South London Tramlink, Nottingham Express Transit and Sheffield Supertram.

On 1 February 2008 it was announced that the Government had agreed to a joint Blackpool Transport and Blackpool Council bid for funding toward the total upgrade of the track. The government will contribute £60.3M of the total £85.3 m cost. Both Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council will each provide about £12.5M. The Government's decision means that the entire length of the tramway from Starr Gate to Fleetwood will be upgraded and also sixteen state-of-the-art trams will replace the current fleet.