Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap fare is to book your ticket as far in advance as you can and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
3 h 30 m
Average
4 h 45 m
Buses per day
2
Distance
45 km
It's difficult to get from Liverpool to Blackpool without changing at least once.
Distance | 28 miles | |
Average coach duration | 3 h 5 min | |
Average coach ticket price | £17 (€19) | |
Direct coach | No | |
Coach companies | National Express |
Coaches from Liverpool to Blackpool cover the 28 miles long trip taking on average 3 h 5 min with our travel partners like National Express. There are direct coach services available. You can get the cheapest coach tickets for this trip for as low as £9, but the average price of coach tickets is £17. Travellers depart most frequently from Liverpool Lime Street and arrive in Blackpool, Topping Street.
National Express coaches will get you from Liverpool to Blackpool from £9. With over 1000 travel companies on Omio, you can find the best coach times and tickets for your trip.
National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance coach provider operating over 550 coaches per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates coach services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express coaches have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most coaches come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your coach to Blackpool from Liverpool, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
Travelling from Liverpool to Blackpool by bus is easy. Every day, National Express run a single direct bus and 4 services that require a single change. If travellers need to get to Blackpool in a hurry, the early morning direct service takes 1 hour 35 minutes. If not, indirect services run in the morning and afternoon, take between 3 hours 40 minutes and 4 hours 30 minutes and will require a brief stop in Manchester. Buses from Liverpool to Blackpool leave from Norton Street in Islington, and get into Blackpool's Central Coach Station, which is on Central Drive, around 200 metres away from the beach.
All buses from Liverpool to Blackpool will depart from Liverpool Coach Station. This can be found on Norton Street, 5 minutes walk away from Liverpool Lime Street Station. This makes is convenient for anyone travelling to Blackpool from outer boroughs like Bootle or Crosby, as well as regional cities such as Chester. If you are coming from the docks or ferry port, it is possible to catch a local train from James Street to Lime Street, or take local buses to the central Coach Station. Buses run from around 5 a.m., so to catch the early bus to Blackpool, booking a taxi is advisable.
Blackpool was one of the world's first, and grandest seaside resorts. Today, it boasts stunning architecture like Blackpool Tower, an excellent zoo, the thrills and spills of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the beach itself, which stretches for miles. National Express buses from Liverpool to Blackpool arrive at the New Bonny drop-off point, in the northern part of the town. The best way to get from there to Blackpool's major attractions is by walking to the beach and catching the seafront railway at Tower or Central Pier. If you just want to see the pier and tower, the bus stop is almost directly next to them. A regular tram runs out to the famous theatre at the end of the pier.
When taking the coach between Liverpool and Blackpool, you can choose to depart from coach stations like Liverpool, Liverpool One, Liverpool, One Bus Station, Canning Place and Liverpool, University. Your route can end in coach stations such as Blackpool, Topping Street, Blackpool, Talbot Road / Dickson Road and Blackpool, Abingdon Street / Deansgate.
Omio customers who travel this route most frequently depart from Liverpool Lime Street and arrive in Blackpool, Topping Street.
Passengers board the coach most frequently from Liverpool Lime Street, which is located around 0.4 miles (692 m) away from the city centre, and they get off the coach at Blackpool, Topping Street, located 0.1 miles (213 m) away from the city centre.
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