On Blackpool’s Promenade, the Gainsborough Hotel is on the seafront between Central Pier and South Pier. Featuring 2 lively bars with regular weekend evening entertainment, it is just 215 yards from Blackpool Football Club. All of the rooms have a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom with a shower and free tea and coffee. Some of the bedrooms offer sea views. Traditional cooked breakfasts and evening meals are available in the restaurant. Serving light meals, the bar and patio face the Promenade and feature panoramic sea views. Gainsborough Hotel is about half a mile from Blackpool Tower, and a mile from the Winter Gardens entertainment complex and the Grand Theatre. Blackpool South Train Station is 10 minutes away by foot. Barton Avenue Tram Station is just a few steps from the hotel, providing 5-minute services to the famous Pleasure Beach.